TIPPY. It looks to me like the Republican Party is back in power.

[MARTIN _re-enters. He stops in astonishment._]

MARTIN. Hello.

KATE. Hello, Communist. [_Indicates_ TED.] Does seeing Ted decently
dressed make you see red?

MARTIN. [_Surveying_ TED'S _clothes._] No, indeed. The true
_Communist_ loves beauty and prosperity. His distinction is that he
insists on both for everybody.

KATE. Well, I know you are prospering. I saw your drawing in the
_New Yorker_.

MARTIN. I let them have it at half price just to get it where you
would see it.

TIPPY. [_Confidentially to_ KATE.] Half price in the _New Yorker_
would be triple price in the _New Masses._ But selling to the _New
Yorker_ is the latest orders from the Comintern. 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?