And Barbara listened to every word as thought they were incredibly exciting, because they were! Even Howard's drabbles about drowning and freezing to death were well written and engaging to read despite the morbidity of it.

When the captain cut into his retelling, she did up her belt just as was requested.

"How do you think it will end?" she asked, resisting the urge to look out the window. Howard was so excited to be talking about his story after all.