[Exit right.]
LAURA. [Seeks to compose herself; then goes to window.] Father!
HEGAN. [Off.] Yes, dear.
LAURA. Come here.
HEGAN. [Enters.] What is it?
LAURA. Father, I have just had dreadful news..
HEGAN. What?
LAURA. Annie Rogers... that poor girl, you know...
HEGAN. Yes.
LAURA. She has killed herself.