Contents

Prologue:     “Hit me again,” Dr. Kenneth Glass said as the bartender walked past.

Chapter 1.    The blonde fixed me with an appraising eye...

Chapter 2.    During dinner I did my best to hold up my end of the conversation.

Chapter 3.    At six the next morning I was awakened by a determined knocking.

Chapter 4.    After depositing Beverly in her cabin, I returned to mine.

Chapter 5.    Sometime during the afternoon, the wind died down...

Chapter 6.    Beverly and Lars Jenssen must have been up...

Chapter 7.    On the way through the ship, I was still stunned by Naomi’s admission...

Chapter 8.    There are almost as many reasons for going to AA meetings as there are meetings...

Chapter 9.    Eventually first officer Vincente motioned me into a darkened room...

Chapter 10.    For the longest time after Chloe left, Leila and I sat in the gathering darkness...

Chapter 11.    In the crystal dining room, Margaret Featherman’s table was set for six...

Chapter 12.    It wasn’t that late when I got back to my room...

Chapter 13.    When I lay down on the cot, it wasn’t with much hope of sleeping.

Chapter 14.    After something like that happens, people go into a form of shock.

Chapter 15.    We arrived back in Skagway in brilliant late-afternoon sunlight.

Chapter 16.    The grilled halibut steaks Naomi Pepper and I had for dinner...

Chapter 17.    Once I fell asleep, I really slept.

Chapter 18.    Nursing my bruised ego, I went upstairs to the Lido Deck...

Chapter 19.    Beverly Jenssen left Lars and me plenty of room for our “man-to-man” chat...

Chapter 20.    After downing two more Advil, I came back to bed and lay down again.

Chapter 21.    Sitka is a port where there are no docking facilities large enough...

Chapter 22.    Without a word, Margaret led me through the vestibule and over to a door...

Chapter 23.    Once Dulcie Wadsworth’s phone was in my hand...

Chapter 24.    Belvaducci summoned a crewman, who came and collected Margaret Featherman.

Chapter 25.    It’s possible that by the time the second seating came around...

Appendix    World-Famous Beaumont Bromides!

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