- Later that night Roy is in his hospital bed surrounded by beeping medical equipment.
- He sings, "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave" over and over again (4.9.2).
- The ghost of Ethel Rosenberg enters. She asks Roy what he's smiling about.
- Roy says he's happy because he's going to die before anyone has a chance to disbar him.
- Ethel happily informs him that he's already been disbarred. He's no longer allowed to practice law.
- Roy can't believe that the decision went through so quickly.
- Ethel says she came here to see if she could forgive Roy, but all she seems to be able to do is take pleasure in his downfall.
- Roy suddenly seems to think Ethel is his mother. He begs her to him a song.
- Reluctantly, Ethel sings him a Hebrew lullaby.
- He goes still.
- Ethel thinks he's dead.
- Belize walks in and checks Roy.
- Roy sits up suddenly, laughing that he fooled her. He thinks it's hilarious that he got Ethel to sing.
- He falls back in bed as if in pain.
- Very quietly, Roy says, "Next time around: I don't want to be a man. I wanna be an octopus." (4.9.29). He pushes an imaginary button in the air and whispers, "Hold," (4.9.29).
- And then... Roy dies.