Berringer tried to make up for it by tying his boat to ours and speeding our boat to the Kaiana Hilton’s dock on the northwest coast of the island we had just left, while Stephen protected his wife’s body from jolts and the rolling of the boat. Shortly after, Deirdre began to shiver uncontrollably. We wrapped her in every warm bit of clothing we could collect from each other, but her condition remained the same.At the big, new, terraced hotel we were lucky enough to find a Dr. Henry Lum who had just been called in to treat a stout tourist with acute gastritis. Stephen would not leave the hotel bedroom where Dr. Lum examined Deirdre and managed to stop her pain without putting her under heavy sedation. Mr. Berringer and Bill Pelhitt remained with me as I drank coffee and hoped for Deirdre’s recovery.When Stephen came out to us endless minutes later, he explained that they were flying Deirdre to a hospital in Honolulu for further tests and treatment. “It appears to be some sort of nervous attack, Judith.
