Chapter 3
ONE BY ONE, the fellow travellers came onto the deck, either from the Prosperity’s hold or ferried in the dinghy from the Lady Sara. There were eighty-two people on both vessels, men and women of all ages, but they were mostly from the middle and upper classes and their households.
The women at the stove doled out porridge, while their daughters climbed the rope ladder down to the water to rinse bowls and spoons because, between the inventories of the two ship kitchens, they didn’t have enough of either.
Johanna remained out of the way and only moved to the ladder when Roald had decided to come up. His straw-blond hair was too long and messy and his beard had gotten quite long as well. He looked perfect for disguising himself as peasant.
She thought he looked cute and with pa
