Four dotted ellipsis or three dotted ellipsis

[Sneymarin]

Hello, I'm having some trouble understanding when to use the four dotted ellipsis in dialogue when I want to indicate a pause, and I would be very grateful if you could help me.

This is an example of what I'm talking about:

John sighed and said to himself (he's speaking out loud), "Ah, what should I do...? Rather, what can I do...? This can't go any further.... I have made up my mind. I will talk to Jeremy today and finish this once and for all."

The ellipses indicate that John stops for a moment because he's thinking and is distracted by his thoughts. My question is: Should I use four dots in the sentence "This can't go any further...." since it's a grammatically complete sentence and it would normally end in a period, or should I use only three?

Thank you for your time.

[Rover_KE]

Use four as the ellipsis completes the sentence, but leave a space before it.

[Sneymarin]

Like this?

"This can't go any further ...."

Or like this?

"This can't go any further. ..."

[Piscean]

Neither.

"This can't go any further ... ."

[GoesStation]

The ellipsis has three dots. It indicates that text has been omitted. If the sentence with the ellipsis requires ending punctuation, you add it after the ellipsis.