Larry's Fate

At the end of the play, Larry states that "[he's] the only convert to death that Hickey made here" and when speaking of death, declares "may that day come soon, from the bottom of my coward's heart."

Do you take this to mean that Larry would soon follow Parrit in committing suicide, or just that he would resign himself to waiting for death to come rather than bluffing about resignation while fearing death inside his heart?

I think the latter, if only because he cares too much about the other drunks and bums at the bar to abandon them. He seems to sense that the other "inmates" need him, and that will probably give him a reason not to commit suicide.