nathan and florence are sitting stock-still, staring at the ceiling. after a moment, another baby starts crying.
florence and nathan are staring at the ceiling. after a beat we hear a muffled plop! on the ceiling. a beat later, the bleat of the squeeze-me toy.
nathan is leafing through the lingerie ads in the newspaper.
as ed enters, carrying nathan jr. all three men - hi, gale, and evelle - are beaming at her.
the room is filled with policemen milling about in several different uniforms: local police, state troopers, plainclothes detectives.
creeping in on gale and evelle, sprawled on the sofa and easy chair respectively, sawing boards.
hi is seated in a straight-back chair, still violently struggling but gale's arms are wrapped around him from behind.