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I meant to ask you again when I was here t ' other day . '' `` Our ship was layin ' in the Thames , right there above Wapping . We was dischargin ' cargo , and under orders to clear as quick as we could for Bordeaux to take on an excellent freight o ' French goods , '' explained Mrs. Martin eagerly . `` I heard that the Queen was goin ' to a great review of her army , and would drive out o ' her Buckin ` ham Palace about ten o'clock in the mornin ' , and I run aft to Albert , my husband , and brother Horace where they was standin ' together by the hatchway , and told 'em they must one of 'em take me . They laughed , I was in such a hurry , and said they could n't go ; and I found they meant it and got sort of impatient when I began to talk , and I was ` most broken-hearted ; ' t was all the reason I had for makin ' that hard voyage . Albert could n't help often reproachin ' me , for he did so resent the sea , an ' I 'd known how ' t would be before we sailed ; but I 'd minded nothing all the way till then , and I just crep ' back to my cabin an ' begun to cry . They was disappointed about their ship 's cook , an ' I 'd cooked for fo ` c 's ` le an ' cabin myself all the way over ; ' t was dreadful hard work , specially in rough weather ; we 'd had head winds an ' a six weeks ' voyage .