CASE WORKER. Why?

TED. [_Squirming._] The usual reason--I suppose.

[_There is a pause in which one expects almost anything to
happen._]

CASE WORKER. [_With restraint._] Very well. I must ask you a few
questions. [_Her antagonism is felt all through._]

TED. I'll try to answer them. [_Desperately._] I needed relief or I
wouldn't have applied for it.

CASE WORKER. You feel you still need relief?

TED. I do.

CASE WORKER. Well ... Well, we'll go ahead. I have to fill my
records. Your name is Theodore Brooks.

[_She sits at table to fill out blanks_, TED _stands._]

TED. That's right.

CASE WORKER. Age?

TED. Twenty-eight.

CASE WORKER. Where born?