1 Jan 1942 Jahr - Lulu and Nector meet and fall in love.
-Nector: "At boarding school, as children, I treated her like my sister..." (Erdrich 121)
- Nector: "For the first time, on seeing her, I knew exactly what I wanted" (Erdrich 121).
- Lulu: "He was my first love" (Erdrich 273).