Warden. [Eagerly.] Yes?
Jessica. It simply said, "Good-by. Dick."
Miss Godesby. [Very angry.] Oh!
Godesby. [Quickly.] He's taken a train! He's cleared out!
Warden. Do you know if he took a bag or anything with him?
Jessica. No, he took nothing of that sort. Jordan went into his room and found a drawer open and empty, a drawer in which Dick kept—a pistol!—
[She drops her voice almost to a whisper.
Warden. Good God, he's shot himself!
Jessica. Perhaps not—he left the house.
Warden. Yes, if he were really determined to shoot himself, why wouldn't he have done it there in his own room?