TIPPY. Now I must hang Itzy out to dry.
MARTIN. God, haven't you dried that cur enough?
TIPPY. Him must be ventilated so him will smell sweet. Him's mama rubs her nose in him and her is very particular. [He goes out with dog. MARTIN begins picking up the strewn array of used towels, TIPPY comes back.] Thanks, old man. [Takes the towels.] Want to dump the tub for me? [MARTIN carries tub into kitchen, TIPPY continues cleaning up. TED enters with KATE. She is richly dressed and has the mink coat, TED has on a complete new outfit: suit, hat shoes, topcoat. Everything. The coat is gray; suit brown; hat gray. And there is a price tag on tail of overcoat. TIPPY stares in astonishment.] Do my eyes deceive me?
KATE. Hello, flea-killer.--How do you like it?
TIPPY. I must have slept a few years.
[TED removes coat and lays it on table with hat.]
KATE. Slept?
TIPPY. It looks to me like the Republican Party is back in power.
[MARTIN re-enters. He stops in astonishment.]
MARTIN. Hello.