Act 2, Scene 10 Summary

Harrington, Gregg and Riley discuss the speed of Joy's passing. They discuss Harrington's speech at her funeral. He had said that all who knew her loved her, and now they remark about how the statement was untrue because they did not like her. Warnie joins them and they ask if he liked her. Warnie tells them not at first, but yes. Lewis enters. He is making an effort to hold himself together. The men try to say something appropriate, but only succeed in aggravating Lewis. He does not want to hear their academic reasoning on the subject. He wants to be left alone with his pain. He apologizes for having come and excuses himself. Warnie follows him.

Lewis and Warnie talk about how there is nothing to say to make the pain go away. Douglas enters. Warnie tells Lewis that he...