Crossing a sea newly perilous and contingent-no longer at the mercy of unknown longitude or unforeseen tempests but of U-boats, the terror of a crossing having now passed from God to the German navy, Reef, Stray and Ljubica returned to the U.S. pretending to be Italian immigrants.
Against the Day, p. 1074
- all-purpose
- 70.6: 1075 (- European accent) Orthography All-series/Dictionary | Word Clusters
- at
- 70.6: 1076 (Not [laughing] -) Pronouns/Dictionary | Vocabulary
- Christer
- 70.6: 1075 (the capitalist/- gridwork) Person from | Christianity
- crypto-Anarchist
- 70.6: 1074 Orthography Activists | Labour
- discombombulate
- 70.6: 1075 (-d) Rare Language/Dictionary | Vocabulary
- Ellis Island
- 70.6: 1074 Island/Around the World | New York
- English
- 70.6: 1074 Nationality | United Kingdom
- Europe
- 70.6: 1074 Geography/Around the World | Continent
- European
- 70.6: 1075 (- accent) Geography/Around the World | Europe
- Frank
- 2*, first 70.6: 1075, 1075 (and single quoted) Characters | The Traverse Family
- German
- 70.6: 1074 (- navy) Nationality | Germany
- Ginger
- 70.6: 1076 Figures | The Traverse Family
- God
- 70.6: 1074 Deity/Religion | Christianity
- I
- 70.6: 1074 (the letter -, for Idiot) Initials Characters | Alphabet
- Idiocy
- 70.6: 1075 Language/Dictionary | Vocabulary
- Idiot
- 70.6: 1074 Description | Vocabulary
- Italian
- 70.6: 1074 Language/Dictionary | Italy
- Jesse
- 70.6: 1075, 1076 Characters | The Traverse Family
- Ljubica
- 2*, first 70.6: 1074, 1076 Characters | Halfcourt
- Montana
- 70.6: 1075 State/Around the World | United States
- O.K.
- 70.6: 1075 Orthography Language/Dictionary | Vocabulary
- 'Pa'
- 70.6: 1075 Functions | Family
- Palmer Raids
- 70.6: 1075 (no capital r) Events | United States
- Plebecula
- 70.6: 1076 Figures | The Traverse Family
- Public Charge
- 70.6: 1074 Expression/Dictionary | United States
- Red Scare
- 70.6: 1075 Events | United States
- Reef
- 70.6: 1074, 1075 Characters | The Traverse Family
- Sheriff
- 70.6: 1076 Functions | United States
- 'sir'
- 70.6: 1075 Functions | Family
- Stray
- 2*, first 70.6: 1074 (should be Yashmeen), 1075, 1076 Nick Names | The Traverse Family
- 'The Obliterator'
- 70.6: 1074 Figures | New York
- top-notch
- 70.6: 1075 (a - fisherman) Orthography Language/Dictionary | Vocabulary
- U-boat
- 70.6: 1074 (-s) Ship | World War I
- U.S.
- 70.6: 1074 Geography/Around the World | United States
- Umpqua
- 70.6: 1075 River/Around the World | Oregon
- Uncle Reef
- 70.6: 1075 Person from | The Traverse Family
- well-known
- 70.6: 1075 (- daze) Orthography Well-series/Dictionary | Word Clusters
- Yash
- 70.6: 1076 Nick Names | Halfcourt
- Yashmeen
- 70.6: 1075 Characters | Halfcourt