6 Reunion

Chapter 6 Reunion Although desperate to see her husband and son, Abigail dreaded the trip across the ocean. "I am so much of a coward upon the water," she said. She would be leaving behind friends and family whom she might never see again. She put Charles and young Thomas in the care of her sister. Her nineteen-year-old daughter, Nabby, was going with her.

虽然阿比盖尔非常想见到丈夫和儿子，但她害怕横渡大洋的旅行。 “我在水上真是个胆小鬼，”她说。 她将离开她可能再也见不到的朋友和家人。 她把查尔斯和小托马斯交给她姐姐照顾。 她19岁的女儿纳比和她一起去。

In June 1784, Nabby and Abigail boarded the ship, the Active, with trunks of clothes, two servants, and a cow. The ship's name was appropriate. It tossed around on the sea. Abigail and Nabby were seasick for days. They couldn't even get out of bed. They were cooped up in a

1784年6月，纳比和阿比盖尔带着几箱衣服、两个仆人和一头牛登上了“活跃号”船。 这艘船的名字很合适。 它在海面上颠簸着。 阿比盖尔和纳比晕船好几天。 他们甚至下不了床。 他们被关在一个

tiny, stuffy, dark cabin. It didn't help that the ship was dirty. Its cargo of whale oil and potash smelled terrible. The dampness made Abigail's bones and joints hurt. The food was awful. Once she was well enough, Abigail tried to help the cook make better meals. She also got the crew to scrub the floors until they could finally see the boards under the dirt. Abigail wrote, "I am more and more of the mind that a Lady ought Not to go to sea!" After a month, the ship reached the coast of

又小又闷又黑的船舱。那艘船很脏，也无济于事。 船上装载的鲸油和碳酸钾气味难闻。 潮湿使阿比盖尔的骨头和关节疼痛。 食物很难吃。阿比盖尔一好起来，就试着帮厨师做更好的饭菜。 她还让工作人员擦洗地板，直到他们终于能看到泥土下面的木板。 阿比盖尔写道：“我越来越认为，一个淑女不应该出海！”一个月后，船到达了海岸

England. Even then, the trip wasn't over. The passengers were lowered from the ship into a small boat. The waves were six feet high! The small boat was washed up sideways through the roaring surf onto a beach. After that, it took an entire day by carriage to reach London.

英格兰。即便如此，旅行还没有结束。 乘客们从船上下放到一条小船上。 海浪有六英尺高！小船侧着身子被咆哮的海浪冲到海滩上。 在那之后，坐了整整一天的马车才到达伦敦。

ON THE SHIP IF YOU SAW THE ACTIVE TODAY, YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS A VERY SMALL BOAT TO BE CROSSING THE OCEAN. IT WAS A SAILING SHIP BUILT TO CARRY CARGO AND NOT PASSENGERS. THERE WERE ONLY TWO TINY PASSENGER CABINS, BOTH USED BY THE WOMEN. THE MALE PASSENGERS SLEPT IN THE MAIN CABIN, WHERE EVERYONE ALSO SAT OR ATE. THE PASSENGER CABIN DOORS OPENED RIGHT ONTO THE MAIN CABIN. EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN, IT WAS TOO STUFFY TO CLOSE THE DOORS. A CURTAIN GAVE THE WOMEN SOME PRIVACY, BUT THEY WAITED TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES UNTIL NO ONE WAS IN THE MAIN CABIN. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OFTEN! THE CARGO ON THE ACTIVE WAS SMELLY ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE SEASICK, EVEN WITHOUT THE ROCKING OF THE WAVES. WHEN ABIGAIL WANTED TO GO UP ON DECK TO GET SOME FRESH AIR, SHE HAD TO BE HELPED BY TWO MEN, BECAUSE THE BOAT ROCKED SO VIOLENTLY. THEN, ON DECK, THEY HAD TO TIE HER TO A CHAIR!

在船上，如果你看到今天的活动，你会认为这是一艘非常小的船来穿越海洋。 这是一艘用来运载货物而不是乘客的帆船。 船上只有两间很小的客舱，都是女乘客住的。 男乘客睡在主舱里，每个人也坐着或吃着。 客舱的门正对着主舱。 即使窗户开着，门也闷得关不上。 窗帘给了她们一些隐私，但她们等到主舱里没有人的时候才换衣服。 这种事不常发生！即使没有海浪的摇晃，船上的货物也足以让人晕船。 当阿比盖尔想上甲板呼吸新鲜空气时，她不得不得到两个人的帮助，因为船摇晃得太厉害了。 然后，在甲板上，他们不得不把她绑在椅子上！