He looked at her in awe. "Gabrielle, you're a great woman. I thought I covered perfectly."

She shook her head and smiled.

"Talking to you's like turning a corner in March. You never know what's going to blow into your face."

"What were you remembering?"

"A Quaker, a blonde, and a knot."

"I don't understand."

"I did a bad thing Christmas Eve. I got dirty drunk. I imagined I was somebody else.... A Quaker from Philadelphia named Fox."

"Why Fox?"

"I don't know. I picked up a blonde named Aimee Driscoll. A-I-M-E-E."

"I don't want to hear about her."