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that broadcasting went around the clock and I had to be involved in all kinds of social things and also keep up with what was on the air.

When you say “involved in social things,” are you implying that--Did she or did she not do that with you?

Well, she did as much as--

[Interruption]

We were talking about the demands that were placed on you socially, which, I'm sure, were quite large in some ways, weren't they?

We didn't try to keep up with the social set in any sense of the word. I didn't find it an attractive effort or endeavor. I think she would have if I had insisted on it. She would have been good. But we enjoyed each other's company. We enjoyed doing things together. The theatre was her first love and I think we went to every opening of any consequence on Broadway. Not musicals as much as straight, dramatic presentations. I had an arrangement with one of the booking agencies that always got us seats for the opening night if we wanted to go, so we did a lot of that. We had season tickets on the loge at the Philharmonic, and missed many of them because of other demands but she was always eager to go. She traveled with me a lot, back and forth to the coast. But I think if you were to talk to mutual friends, they would say that we did not show up at so-called social evenings. There were so many other things I had to do that involved her, more dinners that involved wives, etc., so we--I said earlier I thought she wasn't entirely happy with the marriage, and I think