And then, clear and unhurried, rising right over the steady hum of the jet engines, came my daughter’s voice.

“Ma’am,” Maya said, “my mom taught me never to embarrass anyone in front of strangers.”

Several heads turned.

The woman took a second to understand that she was the one being spoken to.

“That’s why,” Maya went on, her voice steady and deliberate, each word set down with care, “I tried to tell you quietly, before we took off.”

The woman yanked her headphones off with a sharp, angry flick of her wrist.