62. Land. Cody adds that Uncle Stew and Mo got into a big argument. Stew was wondering who was going to get The Wanderer repaired, and whether the rest of the crew should rent a car and drive to Bompie’s versus sailing to England once the boat had been fixed. Mo and Stew started quibbling over which adult should stay, and Stew said that Sophie should remain with The Wanderer and not go to Bompie’s. But Sophie came below deck and flat-out declared that she was going—and that was that.
Despite their near-encounter with death, Mo and Stew return to their usual way of arguing with each other. Sophie, determined to make it to Bompie’s, absolutely refuses to let Stew prevent her from going. Stew’s coldness in trying to keep her with The Wanderer is somewhat shocking, since the whole reason Sophie sailed across the ocean, nearly dying in the process, was to see Bompie.