shows no recognition and does not start over._] This lady is
calling on you.

[TED _comes slowly, taking off his hat; he is still wearing the
coat._]

CASE WORKER. [_Impatiently._] I asked to see Theodore Brooks.

TED. Yes?

CASE WORKER. You are not Brooks.

TED. Yes. That's my name.

CASE WORKER. Theodore Brooks?--You!

TED. [_Uncomfortably._] What do you want, madam?

CASE WORKER. I am a case worker on relief applications.

TED. Oh!

CASE WORKER. Someone giving the name of Theodore Brooks and this
address applied for relief.

TED. Yes.

CASE WORKER. Did _you_ make that application?

TED. Yes.