they had taken vacations together , like the time they went to new orleans for mardi gras and philip met frank godden , the movie star and spent the night with him , and nicholas and she got so panicky , they went to the police and reported him missing ; or the time they were in new york and nicholas got sick on something he ate and she had her pocketbook stolen and philip broke his big toe when he kicked the radiator in the room he and jerry were sharing because they couldnt get any heat out of it .