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Ponyboy begins to worry about having to go to court, and asks Darry if they will get split up, but Darry doesn't know.ĭarry says that Ponyboy has been in the hospital, asking for him and Soda and their parents. Don't remember." Darry tells him that he has been "asleep and delirious" for over three days. Suddenly Ponyboy remembers that Johnny and Dally are dead. Darry tells him he's been very sick with exhaustion, shock, and a minor concussion.
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When Ponyboy comes to again, he sees Darry asleep in the armchair next to his bed. Ponyboy asks, "Is Darry sorry I'm sick?" and Soda is confused by the question, but responds that yes, Darry is sorry. Soda tells him that he is sick, and should go back to sleep. When Ponyboy wakes up, the house is disconcertingly silent, and Soda is sitting next to him on the bed. Dally has died "violent and young and desperate," but "he died gallant." Then Ponyboy does pass out. Ponyboy realizes that Dally had wanted them to kill him. Dally pulls his gun out and raises it the policemen fire at him, killing him. The police pull up in their cars and jump out. They arrive at the vacant lot just as Dally does, from the opposite direction. As the gang rushes out of the house, Ponyboy feels as if he is about to faint. Then Dally calls from a payphone, saying he's just robbed a grocery store and is running from the cops. Ponyboy starts shaking his heart is beating loudly and he feels as if he will fall over. The gang responds with "stricken silence." He also reports that Dallas has run off, since he couldn't take it. When Darry asks where he has been, Ponyboy has to break the news that Johnny has died. When he is dropped off at his house, Ponyboy finds the remainder of the gang in the living room, tending their wounds from the rumble. The man points out that Ponyboy is bleeding, and Ponyboy discovers that his head is injured. He ends up wandering around "in a stupor" until a man in his mid-twenties asks him if he needs a ride. Since Dally has left in the car, Ponyboy walks home from the hospital by himself, pretending that Johnny isn't really dead.