MARTIN. Books. A book collector.
CASE WORKER. You mean, a bookkeeper?
TED. [Bitterly.] We kept them as long as we could. My father died during the Wall Street panic. He'd gone bankrupt. Since you want to know how I lived, I lived for some time by selling my father's books.
CASE WORKER. [Writing.] Then you lived without working, on property that you inherited?
TED. Yes, till that source was exhausted.
CASE WORKER. When was that?
TED. Some time ago.
CASE WORKER. You must be definite.
TED. Then say two years ago.
CASE WORKER. You sold all your father's books?