[_Eager to hear more._] No, no!
JESSICA. No, they say not. She probably went first to Aunt Ruth's.
Before I got back, Dick, who'd been out--
WARDEN. He was at my house.
JESSICA. Yes. He came back, questioned Jordan as to where Blanche was,
went upstairs, and then went away again, leaving a note for Blanche,
which I found when I came home--
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?
JESSICA. What can we do? What can we do?
WARDEN. I'll get Mr. Mason; he's with your mother; he must go back to
town at once.
[_Going to the house._
JESSICA. He can go with me; I'd better be at the house. Some one must be
there.
WARDEN. Good!
[_He goes into the house.
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