 What is the role of the stewardess in the bomb situation?
So I returned my attention to the inside of the plane, to the overstuffed gray-haired woman asleep beside me, to the backs of heads in seats before me, across the aisle to other heads, and down to the blonde. One went to a battery and the other to hard round cylinders taped together. The stewardess stood in the aisle, smiling, extending a tray to me, a brown plastic tray bearing a small paper cup of tomato juice, a cup of coffee, a cellophane-wrapped doughnut, paper spoon, sugar and dehydrated cream envelopes, and a napkin. The load went past me down a ramp to the front of the air terminal where the luggage was unloaded and placed in a long rack.
 She likely never becomes aware of the situation at all
 She is able to interact with the narrator consistently to keep him calm  She likely never becomes aware of the situation at all  She is the first person the narrator confides in about the bomb  She keeps the passengers calm when she is aware there is a threat