in the nuddy

— He was on a favourite topic of his and he was reminding her, during their Sunday afternoon stroll, that Australia had borrowed a lot. "We have lived on borrowed money. We still live on it," he said. "Most of the things we have we obtained by borrowed money. The very clothes you are wearing are bought with borrowed money!" he exclaimed. There was a pause, and the charming unbeliever looked up into his eyes. "But what are we to do? Am I to go round in the nuddy?" And his world crashed down around him.