" [She threatened the reluctant Harold to comply, warning that she could take away his own "happily ever after" spell if he didn""t - a plot twist to be revealed in the conclusion.Although he sought employment, he couldn""t find work and became mentally depressed.Sally""s father offered him room in the Athelny home ("You""re to stay until you get your bearings").He accepted a job for Sally""s father as a department store""s shopping window designer (or dresser).In the film""s ending, Mildred had again located Philip; she was sick, distraught, unwell, ill (with a deep cough) and destitute (with black circles under her eyes).Why I, I can""t understand why..." He is interrupted by an announcement that the sun is setting, and the innkeeper insists: "Come, we must go indoors.To him it was a metaphor for he decay of contemporary culture.The same lack of individual integrity hat caused so many people to take the easy way out was rapidly turning he town of his dreams in.