[MaC] On the stairs: Pamela and Philip, Hodges and Beaman

[Dorothea Salo]

> "Ah, it's just as well, really," Philip said, perhaps a bit too casually.
> "I'm still a bit -- awkward -- about my hand, and most of the time I'm not
> fit company for man or beast...not even Aunt Evangeline's horrid little
> feline." He dropped his voice on the last few words, to avoid Evangeline's
> preternaturally sharp hearing. 

	Pamela's mouth quirked.

"Much less a lady," he added in a more normal
> tone. "But I suppose I just need a bit of time, and I shall be right as rain
> before long. I do appreciate your concern, though."
> 
> 
>>	They took the stairs at a deliberate pace, Pamela 
>>managing well.  She asked to stop briefly on the third landing.
> 
> 
> Philip waited patiently as Pamela rested her ankle, making small talk about
> her WAAF duties. As they waited, footsteps began descending from above.
> After a glance up, Philip said, "Ah! Here's Mr. Hodges now."

	"Oh, good. And Mr. Beaman. Good luck retrieving our poor strays, 
gentlemen!" Pamela started up the stairs again, no longer limping, 
leaving Philip the choice of coming with her or descending with the two 
rescuers.

	<tag Philip, Hodges, Beaman if they like>