Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from "The Cold Equations:" She began writing another, twice looking up at the chronometer as though she feared the black hand might reach its rendezvous before she had finished.

At one point in the memoir, the ship strikes a rock and begins to leak. how does diaz del castillo solve this problem? by tossing the fresh water overboard. by forcing the crew to pump out the water flooding by calling for to a portuguese diver. by praying to the almighty.