Peter shook his head. “That’s not likely. All he knew was the theater. And if he had gotten a job in show business people would have heard about it.”
“What about some other kind of job?”
“What could he do? He was too old to be hired for a regular position.”
“Let’s not throw out that possibility yet,” Peggy cautioned. “He might have found something like a night watchman or a caretaker.”
“Yes,” Peter admitted, “that’s true. But why did he wait so long? Why didn’t he do it years ago before he was completely broke?”
“I don’t know. Let’s put it aside for the moment and go on to the second possibility. He went to some member of his family.”
“Absolutely not,” Peter declared. “He didn’t have any.”
“None at all?”
“Oh, yes, he once had a wife,” Peter said. “But it didn’t work out.”
“Do you know where she is?”