CASE WORKER. Because if you own anything worth two hundred dollars you are not eligible for relief. TED. I have nothing worth that to anybody but me. CASE WORKER. You say you quit selling these books about two years ago. TED. Yes. CASE WORKER. How have you lived since then? TED. Chiefly on borrowed money. CASE WORKER. From whom did you borrow the money? TED. From friends. CASE WORKER. You have very prosperous friends? TED. I had some prosperous friends. CASE WORKER. You are extremely well-dressed for an applicant for relief. MARTIN. Let me explain that. We were to have a little dinner party tonight ... CASE WORKER. And he bought a new outfit for this dinner.--Hasn't even had time to remove the price tags.--Do you mind removing your coat? TED. [_Takes it off_.] I was about to take it off. I'd just come in. CASE WORKER. [_She rises and looks at maker's label in coat._] H'm. Madison Avenue. [_Noses his suit at close range._] And the suit is better than the coat.--This is the best I've run into yet. Expensive suit and coat; new shoes; matched accessories. Not much left of a hundred dollar bill, was there?--But I suppose your rich uncle died _since_ you applied for relief? MARTIN. Look here, couldn't a man ... CASE WORKER. Certainly he could, and many do, apply for relief just to get a little side graft from the government. TED. [_Desperately, humiliated._] I applied for relief because I wanted a job; because the only way to get a job is to go on relief first. I haven't anything. I have no source of income. CASE WORKER. [_Sarcastic._] No income, but plenty of money? I understand! MARTIN. I was about to explain ... CASE WORKER. [_Shortly._] You needn't. You can't bamboozle me. It's most unfortunate, isn't it, that I caught him unawares? Had he known I was coming he'd undoubtedly have dressed more correctly for the role of a relief applicant. KATE. Oh, how dare you? CASE WORKER. Our instructions are to report in detail on every application, and particularly on those that appear fraudulent. [_Fully formidable._] Now, Mr. Brooks. Will you answer truthfully? Have you any means of support that you have not acknowledged? TED. No. I have not. CASE WORKER. [_Rising, leaves report lying on table._] Then perhaps you will explain how you got those clothes? KATE. [_Who has had great difficulty keeping still._] I bought those clothes for him. Now are you satisfied? CASE WORKER. And who are you? KATE. A friend. CASE WORKER. So--it's _that_ kind of a deal. I wondered who you were. MARTIN. [_Angry._] Does that go in your report? CASE WORKER. Yes, that will go in my report. MARTIN. The lady's name and address, I suppose--and whether she is married or single? CASE WORKER. You needn't be sarcastic. MARTIN. And if she is married, do you notify the husband? CASE WORKER. I don't think there is any ruling on that. [KATE, _unseen, gets hold of report and holds it behind her._] KATE. Well, what will happen in this case?