The Island of Doves
“The smell of the place hit her first: goats and pigs shifted in narrow pens, agitating their soiled hay. Acrid tallow candles burned in the glass globes that lined that wall. Susannah glanced at the faint orange flames that danced within each fixture, then back at the narrow staircase that held the only path to the open air. Everything within sight was made of wood. One candle tipping over could ignite the entire steamboat.
She located an empty berth, little more than a plank of wood, and s...at down. Additional berths stacked above hers, three high to the ceiling. Already the top tier was occupied with reclining passengers, and she could see why the bottom was the least desirable place to be. Tobacco juice and apple cores rained down at regular intervals. The vessel shuddered with the building pressure in the boilers, and soon she could hear the enormous paddle wheel that propelled the steamboat start to churn. They were easing away from the dock. Up on the hurricane deck, which was open to the air, she could hear the first-class passengers, who sat on benches and stood waving at the gunwale.MoreLess
She located an empty berth, little more than a plank of wood, and s...at down. Additional berths stacked above hers, three high to the ceiling. Already the top tier was occupied with reclining passengers, and she could see why the bottom was the least desirable place to be. Tobacco juice and apple cores rained down at regular intervals. The vessel shuddered with the building pressure in the boilers, and soon she could hear the enormous paddle wheel that propelled the steamboat start to churn. They were easing away from the dock. Up on the hurricane deck, which was open to the air, she could hear the first-class passengers, who sat on benches and stood waving at the gunwale.MoreLess
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