"Tony Mr. Monet and Wendy Miss Howard, right?" The registrar recorded the names of the two in the notebook without raising his head, in fact, it was not that the registrar was irresponsible and refused to check the information of Monet and Wendy, first, this was the Carpathia and not the Titanic, and the registrar did not have their information at all; Second, these survivors of the Titanic can't pretend to be, because they were all rescued in the sea, and no liar has the opportunity and ability to do this fake, of course, a traverser like Monet is not within the scope of the registrar's imagination at all.

After recording the brief information of the two men, the registrar handed them one of the forms and said, "Take this form to room 305 in the back." ”

"What are you doing there?" Wendy asked, puzzled.

Monet pulled her aside and whispered, "It should be the hush money and non-disclosure agreement I just mentioned." ”

As it turned out, Monet was right, and when he arrived at 305, the staff inside asked them to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which basically forbade anyone to disclose the details of the shipwreck, and if they were willing to sign it, they would receive a $300 insurance payment.

The two, who had been prepared for this, signed a non-disclosure agreement without hesitation, and then got off the ship with the money.

On the way, Monet whispered to Wendy: "Remember to hide the money, I estimate that in less than two days, there will be many people in New York who know that each of us survivors has a sum of cash in their hands, and the security in New York is much worse than Paris or London, especially for a single and beautiful girl like you, so be sure to pay attention to safety." ”

Monet is not deliberately trying to scare Wendy, in fact, let alone 1912, even 2020, some neighborhoods in New York are not suitable for young girls to go alone, even if men do not go alone at night, it is easy to be robbed and even suffer other violence.

"So, what now?" Wendy asked Monet in some panic.

"The first step, of course, is to find a safe place to live, and then to think about finding a job." Monet replied in a deep voice.

Wendy thought for a moment, then as if she had made a decision, she asked Monet softly, "Mr. Monet, can I ask you for one thing?" ”

"Well, you say." Monet replied casually.

"Can we rent a house together, eh, I mean one person in one room, you also know that I am alone now, and my brother is gone, and you are the most familiar to me in the whole of New York, so ......"

In fact, Monet had been prepared for this for a long time, so before Wendy finished speaking, he promised: "As long as you can trust me!" ”

Wendy nodded again and again and replied, "Of course I can trust you, we were rescued in the same boat, and you know so many things, such as hush money just now, so I believe that you must have been a very powerful person!" ”

"Which big guy would wear me?" Monet laughed at himself.

Although they all speak English, for Monet, who is not familiar with life, how can he know where to find a suitable house for a while, and he and Wendy are outsiders at first glance, and it is easy to be slaughtered!

Monet pondered for a while, and then dragged Wendy towards the nearby church, Wendy asked puzzledly, "Monsieur Monet, aren't we looking for a house?" What do you do in church? ”

Monet first explained his concerns, and then explained: "Relatively speaking, the priest in the church is more likely to be kind, so let's ask him about the current rental prices in New York and where there are more reliable houses." ”

"What you said makes sense, as a servant of God, you shouldn't be able to deceive us!" Wendy suddenly realized.

Monet shook his head and said, "I can't say for sure, so let's inquire about a few more churches, and then make a comprehensive comparison before deciding where to rent." By the way, since we are going to live together in the future, then you don't call me Mr. Monet, just call me Tony! ”

"Okay, then Tony, you can call me Wendy in the future!" Wendy nodded in agreement.

Walking into the church, Monet and Wendy first prayed silently for a while, and then saw that there was no one around the priest, so they walked over and introduced themselves: "Hello priest, we are survivors of the Titanic!" As he spoke, he also showed the newspaper in his hand, which had the headline on the front page of the Titanic disaster. (They disembarked two days after the ship arrived, so the outside world had already started reporting on it!) ）

"I've heard about it, it's really a disaster, I've just been praying for the victims!" The priest said sadly.

"On behalf of all the victims, thank you, and I have one more thing I would like to ask you for!"

"You say, kid, as long as I can help, I will do my best!"

"That's right, we just arrived in New York, we don't know anyone, and we don't even have a place to live, so I want to ask Father Priest where there is a safer and cheaper house!" Monet explained.

The priest thought for a moment, then replied, "I do know that a house for rent is not only safe but also cheap, but the house is relatively dilapidated!" ”

"It doesn't matter, we can't afford to rent that kind of perfect house. Father, can you show us around? Monet hurriedly replied.

"I have a lot of things to do today, so I won't take you there, but this place is easy to find, I will draw you the route, and then when you get to the place, you will say that you were introduced by Father Milton, and the landlord Aunt Mia will definitely give you the lowest price!" As he spoke, the priest began to draw the picture.

When I arrived at the place, Monet saw that it was indeed very much in line with his own requirements, and it was also very spacious, with two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen, but the house was really very dilapidated, and even the shed wall had some leaks, but in general, according to the comparison of other people on the road, this is already the most cost-effective house.

So after a little discussion, the two signed a rental contract with the landlord Aunt Mia, and then began to think about what kind of work to find to make a living, their original main business can be tried, although the accounting system is not the same and they will not keep manual accounts, but the principle should be similar, in addition to the previous part-time job can also be tried, it seems that many predecessors have taken the literary route, but at this time Monet's mind suddenly flashed, and thought of a very brilliant idea!