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?