11.   Things began to look pretty bleak, from the standpoint of building a career.

12.   Things were beginning to fall into place in my mind.

13.   With the passage of time, things began to look more hopeful.

14.   Awful things began to happen.

15.   Things began to go wrong when they returned the baby whale to the tank.

16.   From the Skeppsbron and surrounding islands the people watched this thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind.

17.   Its arms flicked snow loose in a final fastidious gesture of contempt, and then the whole thing began to tilt.

18.   The large breathing thing out there began to speak.

19.   Then things began to go wrong...