Thursby came to San Francisco from Hong Kong a week earlier and probably killed Archer - Thursby was always "heavily armed" and carried an extra revolver in his overcoat pocket.(They also may envy his wealth and life of ease.) They angrily believe that he "let them down" and is jeopardizing heir freedom.Robie responds: "And now if there""s any crime on he Riviera, we""re the first to be suspected by the police.They also engaged in pie fights with the zombies, and chopped off heir heads for sport.Angered by their plundering, Stephen muttered: "It""s ours, we took it" - and initiated a gunfight with the looters.BackgroundThe More the Merrier(1943) is a delightful and pleasant romantic comedy about the homefront at wartime, with an amusing exploration of the problems of housing-bed-man shortages.