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[Swithin]

One of my favorite Mel Brooks lines, from the song in The Twelve Chairs:

"Hope for the best, expect the worst;
You could be Tolstoy, or Fannie Hurst..."

[Hibi]

What I want to know is how Rae occupied herself all those years in between visits from lover boy. Since she voluntarily gave up a lucrative career, what filled her life apart from "romance" (i.e. sex with Walter) -- visits with family, friends, going to the movies, theatre, museums, shopping? Volunteer work for The Salvation Army down in the Bowery?

Yeah, really. The film gave the impression she just sat around all day waiting for Walter to show up! How did she explain to her family how she was surviving without working? I'm sure the book probably went into more detail about that.