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" Annaliese!"
The young woman, still almost a child in her parents eyes, raised her head at her name and quickly stepped forward, knowing her mothers impatience quite well. " Coming!" She called back calmly as she glanced down at her younger brother whose hand she held within her own at that very moment. " Come along James," She said down to him with a soft smile on her lips as she gently pulled him through the crowd and reached her parents. Both had worried looks on their faces but this soon vanished and was replaced by slight irritation and perhaps even embarrassment.

" We must get on the ship now if we are to depart on it," Her father said with a smile, his tone so obviously kind and joking. Anna smiled at her father as her mother took James' tiny hand and picked him up into her arms. The maid and nursemaid, along with a manservant, carrying their bags behind them as the family boarded the large ship known as the RMS Titanic.