And I don""t mean just the Cadillacs and the swimming pools.It""sallyours, in more ways than one...You""re going to be a great star, Esther.Don""t let that change you too much.Don""t let it take over your life.You""re very dear.She senses his awareness that he destroys everything o which he gets close, and wants to get out of their relationship:Vicki: Norman, you make this sound like the end of something instead of the beginning.Hmmm.I""d like to see my old woman throwing things around.It""s disgraceful.Never heard of such goings-off, on.You know, if my ball-and-chain ever talked o me, if she even dared to raise her...Do you know what I""d say?...I""d say.Hello, honey.I...(He does a double-take) Well, you think it over.I""ll see you in the morning.(Stan meekly rises and dutifully follows after his wife.)The next day, they devise a plan so they can sneak off to the convention.Ollie fakes illness ("a severe nervous breakdown") to his wife, mostly as a result of his fight with her.He secretly stashes the bulrushes in a barn after a horse violently nuzzles him.Sneaking stealthily to his bed, he lies down as if drugged.As he falls asleep exhausted, he sleeps fitfully while consumed and obsessed with his murderous plot.Only a small group of survivors -- Rennie, Sean, McCulloch, Miss Van Deusen, and Rennie""s dog Toby were able to escape the ship in a lowered life-boat - also joined by Julius who climbed into the boat from the water.