Taken in by the Barbours

With no other family available, the social workers contact the Barbour family, with whom Theo's friend Andy lives. Mr. and Mrs. Barbour agree to take him in. Theo is brought to their opulent Park Avenue apartment, where he is given a room and a sense of temporary refuge. Mrs. Barbour, with her cool composure, manages the situation, shielding Theo from the press and the more intrusive aspects of the social services machinery. Andy, his old friend, sits with him in awkward silence, a quiet presence in the midst of his grief.