You might miss something. You might chat with Mick Moloney who seems to know everything about Irish music, Irish-American music, and the Irish in America. You can always learn something from Mick, who teaches at Villanova University. In the casino there is a near murder. An elderly passenger has a habit of cornering people and showing them a picture of himself in the U.S. Army 60 years ago.
People are kind.
He is an elderly passenger but when you've seen the picture five times you're liable to be impatient. Joe Rowley, Mary's father, goes to the casino to lose his daily few dollars. He waits for his favorite machine. A woman is playing it - and losing, losing. Joe takes over.