In the days that followed, Waverly found that his wife's suggestion had led to him eliminating two-thirds of the available agents from consideration. He also made plans to lurk nearby when some of the eliminated agents were interacting with the secretarial staff. The ladies were all intelligent and well-trained. He wasn't going to put up with them being treated as feather-headed creatures by anyone and, by 'accidentally' coming across the incidents, nothing would be traced back to the ladies putting in a complaint.

Looking over the remaining candidates, age eliminated several of them from contention.