About the Man Who Began Flying After Meeting Her - After I was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned Summary

The unnamed narrator, meeting a girl, discovers that he is a better person for her, that everything makes sense. They would build and fly machines and learn all about flying. He has always wanted to fly and hopes he will fly with her.

Rita comes to Moshi, Tanzania, to hike up Mount Kilimanjaro. She is picked up at the airport by a man named Godwill, who brings her to the hotel. Rita had originally planned the trip with Gwen, but Gwen -who is married -had gotten pregnant six months earlier than anticipated. So Rita had gone on anyways, for the tickets are nonrefundable...