. Calvert of Maryland; a story of Lord Baltimore's colony . tion and excitement, burst into the tavern with wordthat the signals had been set for our departure. The THE SIGNAL FOR DEPARTURE 17 gentlemen of the comjoany are already gathering on theriver bank, and I must lose no time lest my father bevexed because of my tardiness. I shall linger only long enough to gather up thesheets on which I have v^Titten, w^hile John putsinto the traveling bag such of my belongings as havebeen in use while I stayed here, and then willhave come, perhaps, my last moment in this land ofEngland. My heart should
. Calvert of Maryland; a story of Lord Baltimore's colony . tion and excitement, burst into the tavern with wordthat the signals had been set for our departure. The THE SIGNAL FOR DEPARTURE 17 gentlemen of the comjoany are already gathering on theriver bank, and I must lose no time lest my father bevexed because of my tardiness. I shall linger only long enough to gather up thesheets on which I have v^Titten, w^hile John putsinto the traveling bag such of my belongings as havebeen in use while I stayed here, and then willhave come, perhaps, my last moment in this land ofEngland. My heart should he sad, and yet it is not, for Iam eager to see those brown savages, and all theother strange things to be found in the NewWorld, where is to be my home. I have come on board the Ark, and am in the greatcabin where the gentlemen are to be housed duringthe voyage. John has quarters forward among theother serving men, where he will remain during thenight; but at all other times, so my father commands,he is to be with me, although it seems needless thus top
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