maria believed that as long as everyone made it through the night , and did n't have any complications from alcohol poisoning or hypothermia or slipping in the cramped cabin of the boat and cracking one 's skull on something hard , and as long as amanda , pamela and haakon did n't say anything stupid to the cops - then everything ought to turn out ok. al could only talk in baby-talk , so he could be trusted to keep a story straight .