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Updated: July 21, 2025
She was married at three-and-twenty to Abe Bricknell, a young sailor of the port, and as steady as a woman could wish. In the third year of their married life, and a week after obtaining his certificate, he sailed out of Troy as mate of a fruit-ship, a barque, that never came back, nor was sighted again after passing the Lizard lights.
Before anyone could reply, Amanda's little Mercury appeared with a note. 'The "Wasp" will not take passengers, and no other fruit-ship sails this spring, read Amanda. 'Oh dear! sighed Matilda. 'Saved! cried Lavinia. 'Be calm: we shall go, sooner or later, if I buy a ship and sail her myself; with which indomitable remark Amanda went forth to grapple with and conquer untoward circumstances.
'On the first day of February we three will sail from Boston for Messina, in the little fruit-ship "Wasp." We shall probably be a month going, unless we cross in a gale as I did, splitting sails every night, and standing on our heads most of the way, said Amanda, folding up her maps with an air of calm decision.
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