Pages 89-116 Summary

The protagonist mentions that he now lives in Canada, where he sometimes awakens during a storm, thinking he is in mid-air. This perception, he says, is rooted in an experience he and Cassius had on the ship after the movie ended prematurely. The sky cleared momentarily, and Cassius decided that he and Mynah should be tied to the Promenade Deck by Ramadhin. When the storm returned, the two almost drowned during the terrifying night. After ship's officers spotted and rescued them, Cassius whispered to Mynah to say that someone did this to them. They were brought before the furious Captain, which did not believe their story. Unfazed, Cassius tried and failed to get permission to use the Captain's porcelain commode. Later, when Flavia Prins asks what happened, Michael tries to blame it on a rogue sailor named Mr. Peters, but she...