It isn't HE that is striped.

It's just the THOUGHT of him.
Peg Bowen is a queer sort of yellowish green and the Awkward Man is lilac.

Aunt Olivia is pansy-purple mixed with gold, and Uncle Roger is navy blue." "I never heard such nonsense," declared Felicity.

The rest of us were rather inclined to agree with her for once.

We thought the Story Girl was making fun of us.