(There is a long pause. ROSALIE moans and whispers as if in pain.)
HELEN. I can't stand this, I——
WALES. Please keep still—she asked us to keep still.
(ROSALIE moans again; after a short pause, she gives a choking sob; another pause. Finally she speaks with frequent pauses, using the voice of a little child.)
ROSALIE. Laughing Eyes is sad, very sad. I a ma long way off—a long way. (Pause.) Bad people, bad people, un'appy—he is un'appy—— (Pause.) (Knife is set down in sight of audience, sticking in the ceiling.) Spencer wants to tell Ned—— (She moans heavily.) It hurts—terrible—like a knife—it burns—burns, in the back——
(A man's voice from the chesterfield, facing fireplace, speaks:)
VOICE. Ned, I want Ned—why in Hell doesn't Ned answer?
ROSALIE (in child's voice). He wants to talk to Ned—is Ned here?
STANDISH. Ned who? Who is it? Who does he want to speak to?
ROSALIE (in child's voice). Tell Ned it is Spencer—Spencer wants to tell Ned about the letters and the pain in the back—in the back.