They might have inquired from other people.

JANET

Why should they? Besides there was no one to inquire from. I called him Seagrave—and drowned him at sea. You can’t ask questions of the sharks.

MONTY

Oh, Janet, how can you joke about it?

JANET

I couldn’t—then. I wanted work-too badly. But I can now—with your kind permission, I mean.

MONTY

And you’ve been at the shop ever since?

JANET