Chapter 31 Summary

Dick and Eddie Wormsley go together to purchase the last of the electronic equipment and antennas. Eddie helps with the final negotiations, and when they get the boatyard manager to Dick's house for an estimate of putting it into the water and he sees the boat, his first words are, "Jesus H. Christ!" Dick laughs, as those are the exact words he dreamed would be said to him when the manager and the other boat captains first see the boat. He agrees to put it into the water on the following Monday.

As they prepare to part until Monday, Eddie notes that Dick doesn't seem too happy. At least not as happy as Eddie supposed he would be. Dick just says that he is tired, and maybe once the boat is in the water he will feel better.

Chapter 31 Analysis

Dick continues to...