On top of the filing cabinet, behind the door, inside the captain’s cabin.

That was how it started. What was I doing there? Why had I not taken a direct flight?

Instead I had persuaded them to let me have the last cabin on the cargo ship, which would be my home for two months.

The other passengers, there were 5 of them, were as varied in origin, size, age and character, as the contents of the containers and crates on the ship.

I had forgotten where the ship was headed. What did that matter? Adventure’s clock was ticking.