I made it, sir, about seventy west by forty-two north. CARVER Forty-two north--but, Captain, we are bound for forty north--we're out of our course. JONES What do you expect--with the storms we've had? CARVER Put your ship about--make for the south--this is not Virginia! JONES We'll land here. CARVER We have no right to land here. Our charter grants us land in Virginia, not here! JONES I can't help that. The ship is in bad shape--I won't risk sailing her any farther without repairs. CARVER Very well, you may stop here for repairs, but we must go on as soon as they are made. JONES It will take some time. CARVER My people will help you. We must speed the work. JONES Of course, I'll speed it all I can, but a man can't do any more than he can do. CARVER Well, get to it at once--this very day! We must get away from here within a fortnight or winter will be upon us. JONES Aye, so it will--and the winters in this country are bad. CARVER Then we must start south without delay. JONES Look you, Master Carver-- CARVER Well, Captain? JONES Belikes 'twill be a month or more before I can make the _Mayflower_ seaworthy-- CARVER A month? Surely you can do better than that? JONES Perhaps not so well--why don't you land here? CARVER Here? JONES Aye. 'Tis a goodly country--full as rich as Virginia. CARVER Nay, nay, 'tis not to be thought on. We have a patent to lands in Virginia--a charter to establish and rule a plantation there; but here--why, the land is not ours-- JONES It is if you take it--it belongs to no one else. CARVER But our Council would have no rights under the King--nay, nay. We go on to Virginia--as soon as you have made your repairs. JONES So be it, Master Carver. ANNOUNCER So the _Mayflower_ brought up to anchor just inside Cape Cod, near the present village of Provincetown. The voyage had been long and arduous. There had been much sickness aboard, and Captain Jones knew that most of the passengers longed to set foot on solid ground and begin the task of building their homes. So he determined to create further dissatisfaction among them. For our next scene we are going into Captain Jones's cabin just as one of the five men of the company, Peter Brown, has come into the cabin on the captain's invitation. JONES Sit you down, Master Brown, and find what comfort you can in my poor quarters. PETER Poor! If this cabin is poor, Captain, what do ye call what us folks has to put up with, all crowded into the common cabin like sheep er worse? JONES Aye, 'tis too bad the cabin is not a better place for your goodly company. PETER Aye, well, we'll soon be out of it. JONES I fear me, not so soon. PETER Indeed, why? JONES The ship must be repaired before we can go on. PETER How long will that take ye? JONES Mayhap two months or more, I know not. PETER Two months? Two months more in the cabin of this ship and half of our company will be dead. JONES