The party is successful. Afterward, when Mr. Sheridan mentions Scott’s fatal accident, his wife decides to send the leftover sandwiches to the man’s grieving family. Laura delivers the basket, feeling painfully out of place in the poor neighborhood. She wants simply to leave the basket at the Scotts’ house but instead is taken before the grieving widow. Confused and awkward, Laura tries to leave but accidentally walks into the room where the dead man lies.