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

[Ree Moorhead Pruehs]

> > Eventually Vangie selected a plain strand of pearls and matching earrings
> > and donned them before stepping into her plain, low-heeled, sensible dress
> > shoes. It was, she thought, the one good thing about getting old. One need
> > no longer completely enslave oneself to fashion as opposed to allow aging
> > legs and feet the comfort they deserved.
> >
> > 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.
> > Picking up her clutch purse -- the evening's compromise between her more
> > typical large and overfilled bag and going completely naked -- she stepped
> > out into the hallway.
>
>The clanking of the lift announced its arrival from the floor
>below.  As it halted, Vangie could see that Marion Mauberly was
>inside.  She smiled when she saw Vangie and opened the iron
>grille for her.
>
>"Is Philip coming?" she asked.

"He'll still be a bit....said he'd take the stairs," Vangie said, stepping 
in.  =Stubborn pride,= she thought, but not unfondly. She smiled at the 
younger woman. "How lovely you look!"

She closed the grille again, and the elevator creaked upward.

<tag Marion, anyone on fifth floor landing>