" Cate changed," he complained. "She's been infatuated with him for years. We've both known that, but she seemed to finally be growing up, making plan...s for her future, planning on a career. I always figured that once she went off to college she'd find a nice boy and she'd get over her feelings for her brother. Even when this started with Alex they both kept it in perspective. She watched out for him and he watched out for her, like always. They were both so much in control I thought it wouldn't. "With a few pieces of padding the boots fit her. Ron made her wear a pair of his heavy socks to fill in the sides of the boots. He cautioned her that the boots had to be perfect or she would pay for it later in the day.They started out through the woods. Ron had found a magnetic compass that Cal had packed and took sightings constantly. He showed Brenda how to take sightings. He warned her to take a sighting and head for it, not to constantly stare at the compass.Ron took the lead and set the. The winter seemed to bother Lois a lot more than it did Ross. She didn’t exactly fit the mold of seasonal affective disorder, but she had to work at keeping her spirits up, and it wasn’t just the absence of sunshine. It was the snow and slush and the discomfort of being cold so often, and feeling fearful every time she had to drive in snow, sleet, or any form of precipitation for that matter. She felt somewhat confined, because she would often decline an invitation for cards or dinner because. Both the bow sonar and navigation radar were constantly manned in the com-centre. The fear was of small floating fragments of ice called 'growlers' that might be missed. They could damage a propeller or one of the underwater antennae that dotted the hull underneath.Standing together, the Admiral and the Kommador peered towards the bearing where the Titanic was expected to appear in a few minutes. It was strangely quiet. Above the low throbbing of the ship beneath their feet, they could hear the.