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Show 191 ske ptically. "If we've any chance of getting on that ship, we'd better leave now," Hyrum called aloud. Barbara appeared in the doorway first, then was followed into the living room by the rest of the Lathrop family. "Cloaks! Hats! Gloves!" Lathrop made a final inspection. "Gingerbread!" said Benny, running to pick up the half empty trayful. "Now, let us all kneel in a word of prayer," implored Lathrop. "God our Father, we kneel before Thee and give thanks. We thank Thee most of all that we have one another in our family. We thank Thee also that we have been exiled to a land of freedom. "Father, Thou knowest that we love England." Lathrop's voice was beginning to crack. His emotional lapse triggered Barbara's. "...and that we leave behind dear departed loved ones...a daughter, a son, a beloved wife and mother. "Help us Father to do our part to build a New England in America and to make of it a covenant nation, a New Jerusalem. "Bless us to travel safely, and if it be Thy will, bless us to obtain our passage on the Griffin even at this,late hour. Amen." "Amen," said everyone, |