Sister Blanche was assigned to supervise a "lay school" - which was already "overflowing" with students.When Gittes returns to his car at 8:20 pm, he finds a notice on his windshield from the Citizens"" Committee to Save Los Angeles, urging a ""YES"" vote on the dam bond." All that she had remaining were some dwindling stocks ("railroads, oil, cotton").She also blamed her age for never returning to the stage again:I""ll have my double chins in privacy.The rustling newspaper belongs to American Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire), a celebrated Broadway dancer making his London debut the next evening.