The Voyage of a lifetime
Wherein the parties of the story leave Britain
due to a lost football match to maybe lose
yet another game. The chance game of life...
Wherein the parties of the story leave Britain
due to a lost football match to maybe lose
yet another game. The chance game of life...
Four gentlemen of The Athenaeum Gentlemens´ club of Liverpool board the first class area of The Aquitania. The maiden voyage of the ship that a few weeks earlier had been furnished and made ready for her first trip across the ocean.
The misfortune of last day on the sea had cast a dark shadow over the festivities but people were still cheering as the passengers boarded the ocean liner.
The center of the club, the library, had been where they had decided on making the trip. It was just after Liverpool had got kicked out of the FA Cup they´d decided that it wasn´t worth staying. They had to find amusement elsewhere. It was mostly a bet that had caused for this drastic solution. "Should the Reds lose - we´ll emigrate!".
Promises made in wine - never end well. The most beautiful ship in the world sounded like a splendid alternative to watching some other team than the Reds take the cup.
Posh drinks and fancy women would easily change their mood. Once they´d get to New York they´d surely find something other to pique their interest.
They enter on C-deck, along with the second class passengers, above the third class passengers. having been greeted by stewards and been offered a brochure on the ship´s restaurants and pass time activities their luggage arrive and is carried to their suite. As they enter their suites they quickly find their beds. Then after getting the luggage unpacked they take the promenade to watch the ship leave the landing. Beverages are served on silver trays and they move up a deck only to discover there´s a swimming pool sitting invitingly waiting for them.
