Titanic by Ellen Emerson White

Author:Ellen Emerson White
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2012-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

Saturday, 13th April 1912

RMS Titanic

I really enjoy the morning ritual of having tea and scones in my room – and as much conversation as we can manage before the peal of a bell calls Robert away. He has taken to bringing an extra scone or two, and joining me in my meal.

“How is it down in steerage?” I asked him today.

“Oh, quite comfortable,” he assured me. “I would be right pleased to journey that way myself. I’ve seen ships where second class is not so nice as our third.”

I gave that some thought. “How are your cabins, then?”

“Well, we have very little time to spend there,” he said, after a pause. “And it was a great piece of luck, my catching on with this crew. Many’s the week I could find no work, and my mum sore needs the money.”

“My brother made his passage as a cabin boy on a fair rotter of a steamer,” I said. “I never thought I would be anywhere but steerage.”

He winked at me. “So, we’ve both had a bit of luck, then.”

As always, bells began to chime, and he was off. Each morning, he places on my tray the Titanic’s small newspaper, the Atlantic Daily Bulletin, and I picked it up to read. The stories are more chatty than informational, and report items such as the number of miles we have cruised during any given 24-hour period. As the weather has been no handicap, the ship seems to do better and better, and there is a daily contest for passengers to predict the actual figure. We are expected to arrive in New York on Wednesday morning. Oh, I hope William is standing there on the dock waiting for me!

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