The Padre conducted daily services to an almost empty congregation aboard the QE2. Alec Gilroy conned him into taking Curly Watts on as a fellow cabin member when he was unable to put him and his new wife Raquel in his boss's cabin when the aptly-named Mrs Bligh turned up unexpectedly. Nevertheless, the Padre provided a listening ear to Curly's problems with his recently-conducted marriage although he made Curly think hard when he asked him if Raquel was pregnant (by Des Barnes). He confessed to Curly that he was useless as a priest - visits to bereaved families led to them rowing with each other while sick people invariably died soon afterwards. Curly comforted him by agreeing to pray with him. Alec, in a rare attack of conscience, gave Curly and Raquel his cabin for the remainder of the