ecu, roy in a hospital bed, with more color in his face, breathing more normally. he begins to react to the sound of people speaking. roy, very comfortable in pajamas and robe, sits in a wheelchair beside the bed, with magazines lying handy on the bed. myra, irritable, paces beside him. roy's appalled and embarrassed and ashamed by this story; the surface result is, he's mad at lilly. roy, on his feet now, stands still, indecisive. roy makes an angry gesture, drops back into the wheelchair, spins it around and wheels over to the phone. quick and angry, he makes a call. sound of ring; sound of click.