and what people in the zone remembered later about the first of september 1990 was that it was the day the power came back on - if only for thirty seconds or so . i got my jacket on and hurried after them . he did n't have to tell her about it at all ! i crossed to it watching the way the dress 's full skirt moved around me . he stared down his nose at the both of them . whatever she says , you like it . 