TED. Hello, Tippy. You back? [LAURA gives one look at TED, grasps wrap and runs out.] She hates me.
TIPPY. Well, there's nothing to do about it, except keep out of her way.
TED. I shouldn't have come back.
TIPPY. Why not? You live here.
TED. Then why does she stay?
TIPPY. Because she doesn't want to be alone with her thoughts.
TED. You think she feels guilty, too?
TIPPY. Well, what do you think? She tricked Ken into continuing the thing he'd come to hate most in the world; financial dependence on his father. She took a big chance, and lost.
TED. It was my fault. I told. I never would have told if he hadn't ...
TIPPY. Never mind. We know what Ken did to you. It was in his nature to do just that.--His nature was part of the thing Laura took a chance on too,--and lost.