It's the new plan
for boring from within.
KATE. [_Impressed._] Oh! Is it?
TED. [_To_ MARTIN, _who is still surveying him._] Does it fit all
right?
MARTIN. Perfectly.
KATE. [_Indicating_ TED.] Honest, Tippy, what do you think of it?
TIPPY. What should I think? What would anybody think?
KATE. He looks nice, doesn't he?
TED. [_Trying to seem nonchalant, although he is obviously trying
to justify himself._] I dropped by to remind Kate about the party.
KATE. And I inveigled him into a shop. Isn't it worth it?
Transforms him. Ted wears clothes so well.
TIPPY. Agreed. The man makes the clothes. Martin in that outfit
would look like an Oklahoma Indian who'd just struck oil.
KATE. Ted hasn't any business to look shabby. It's all right for
Martin, but Ted just looks pathetic.
MARTIN. The only reason I don't wear good clothes is because I
spill soup on them.
KATE. [_Puts hat on_ TED'S _head._] Now, tell me, do you really
like the hat?
TIPPY. It's O.K.--Is he to wear it in the house?
TED. [_Removes hat_.] I feel the hat is not quite right.
KATE. He wanted a brown hat. But _I_ thought gray was smarter.
TED. Brown would have suited me better.
MARTIN. I'm not up much on sartorial etiquette. Is the hat supposed
to match the coat or the suit?
TED. There is no arbitrary rule about it. Brown is a better color
for me.
TIPPY.
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