The retreat had actually been "Hank's Grill" in a "nowhere" town, with Jill as a waitress and Mike as dishwasher.  It was no worse than being a nurse and much less demanding - and her feet no longer hurt.  Mike had a remarkably quick way of cleaning dishes, although he had to be careful not to use it when the boss was watching.  They kept that job a week, then moved on, sometimes working, sometimes not.  They visited public libraries almost daily, once Mike found out about them - Jill had discovered that Mike had taken for granted that Jubal's library contained a copy of every book on Earth.  When he learned the marvelous truth, they had remained in Akron nearly a month.  Jill did quite a lot of shopping that month, as Mike with a book was almost no company at all.