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She could smell the unpleasant odor coming from the fish farms, and slaughterhouses, all lined up close to the docks. It was a sickening smell, which took her breath away and made her homesick for the sweet smells of the beautiful countryside she treasured and her father left her. She felt like crying already and had to will her emotions under control. The sailors loaded her trunk and bags into the smaller boat, and off they went in the direction of the ship and her future.

The boat ride over was uneventful, and no one spoke one word to her. She enjoyed looking over the side, and dipping her fingers into the sea. It smelled and tasted so different to her than the ponds and streams she was used to swimming in. She wondered what it would be like to swim in the ocean. She would test that thought in Jamestown, after they arrived.

Henry and Edward continued chatting as they sat at the opposite end of the boat, facing her, but oblivious to her as they talked. Neither man was striking in appearance but both were handsome in their own way, Henry had large dark brown eyes, long eyelashes and boyish look. Edward with smaller blue eyes had a charm about him. Anna loved looking at people’s eyes, she felt like it was the portal to their soul, and it was the feature she always noticed first. Both men were dressed in expensive looking blue double-breasted fitted waistcoat, tan breeches, white shirt and socks, black shoes, and each wore a wide brimmed flat top black hat.

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(Check tomorrow to see what happens as Anna comes aboard the ship … see part 6 of Chapter 2 tomorrow)