KATE. Oh, stop it! That just isn't done! You don't know anything. You don't even know how I feel ... week after week giving Ted money. You've been in love with a man whose fond papa's supported him so you haven't had to soil your lovely ethics with dirty money.
LAURA. Darling ...
KATE. Don't darling me. And don't tell me what's decent and proper--and what isn't done!
LAURA. I didn't mean ...
KATE. You didn't mean anything because you don't know anything. But maybe you're going to learn.--Maybe now you're going to learn because this gang is breaking up. Not only because my man is a dead-bent, but because yours is broke.--So now maybe you'll try keeping a man and see how it feels!
LAURA. Kate!
[KATE slams out, brushing KEN, who enters, violently aside.]
KEN. What's the matter with her?
LAURA. Nothing.
[KEN hands sugar to TIPPY and returns.]