Amelia is five minutes late. "Pequod, like Moby Dick," she says. She is wearing a dress made out of what looks like a repurposed crocheted tablecloth over a vintage pink slip. She has a fake daisy in her curly blond hair and is wearing galoshes despite the fact that the day is sunny. A.J. thinks the galoshes make her seem like a Boy Scout, in a state of readiness and prepared for disaster. - P94
"In less than four years, I hope," Amelia says. "I’ll do my best to have them read in three." He pauses. - P98