coming out of the station 's side door as we arrive is a slender man dressed in pleated khaki dockers , a tieless white shirt of egyptian cotton buttoned all the way to the neck , and maroon braces ( they are as slim as he is , those braces , and far too cool to be called suspenders ; suspenders are vulgar things worn by such creatures as chipper maxton and sonny heartfield , down at the funeral home ) .