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Might I ask thine ? '' `` Were I not in such haste ' t would be to cudgel some manners into thy big carcase , Master Insolent ; but come now , prythee be a good lad and bring me to the governor , the captain , and the elder , for time and tide are pressing , and I would fain be gone . '' `` In that direction our fancies pull together rarely , and if thou ` lt find a seat in the Common house I 'll see if I can come upon the Fathers . '' With an inarticulate growl the master of the Mayflower did as he was bid , and by the time goodwife Billington had cleared and wiped the benches and table , the men he had requested to see , along with Winslow , Allerton , Bradford , and Doctor Fuller , came in together , for the hour was just past noon , and the people collected for dinner had not yet dispersed . `` Good-morrow , Captain Jones , '' said Carver courteously ; `` John Alden tells me thou wouldst have speech of all of us together . '' `` Yes , Master Governor , and glad am I that peevish boy did my errand so largely , for what I have to say concerns every man , ay , and woman and child , in your settlement . '' `` In truth !