After that, when I had caught my breath, I might think about my future.
Unskilled labour is the first to feel the slackness of hard times, and I had no trades save those of sailor and laundryman.

With my new responsibilities I didn't dare go to sea, and I failed to find a job at laundrying.

I failed to find a job at anything.

I had my name down in five employment bureaux.

I advertised in three newspapers.