[MaC] And so it begins....Evangeline

[Brian Schoner]

> She heard Philip thumping around in his bedroom, but did not 
> tap on the door. She had noticed he didn't like being fussed
> over. And she had never been particularly maternal by nature
> anyway.
> 
> "I'll see you upstairs, then," she called loud enough for him 
> to hear.

"I'll be right there," he replied, slightly muffled by the door. He did his
best to mask the frustration in his voice, but Evangeline had heard it often
enough to pick it up. "Just finishing up here. You go ahead and take the
lift with Ms. Mauberly; I'll take the stairs and be right along." [Both my
feet still work, after all,] he didn't say.

*There.* The last recalcitrant button was finally in place. He glanced at
the small mirror over the aged bureau that served him as a wardrobe; apart
from the slight flush on his face and the bandages on his hand, he looked
quite good. Uniforms did that for a man, particularly in the eyes of the
ladies. If only one particular lady could see him as she once had...

Shaking his head, he brushed a comb through his hair one last time and
headed for the door.

<tag anyone still on the landing>