The best part of the story is the harrowing section where our narrator's wife falls into the cave. It's so well done, in fact, that it makes the listener forget the first part of the story, where we know he's been reunited with her.
Yes. I was so enthralled that I had to remind myself that we already know they didn't rescue her. But I was still on tenterhooks. "Maybe the rescue crew will get her. It looks like they might!"
Of course a very well done job, Mister Fowlie. The tones, the inflection, the fake accents.... excellent.
This story struck a cord with me. I'm newly married, and listening to this story, I felt the love that Paul and Mellisa had for each other. I really felt it. When I finished this I had to hurry home and give my wife a huge hug and just hold her for a few minutes.
That is why we have literature, to touch us in ways we never thought were possible from mere words.