[MaC] Arriving at the Party ... Arabella, Pamela, Michael & Philip& Ladie...

[Mel Mason]

>>> Hodges made to leave the apartment to head downstairs to his flat, to
>>>
>>> retrieve his tools.
>>
>> Cyril excused himself from his wife and walked quickly after Hodges.
>> "Pardon me, Mr. Hodges, would you care for some assistance?" he asked
>> the maintenance man when he caught up.  "I do know a bit about
>> hardware."
>
> Arabella moved through the crowd to find her host. When she did she said, 
> "I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Fitzroy, but I'm afraid Mr. Hodges had to 
> attend to a problem with the lift - two of your guests are stuck in it. He 
> asked that you be informed..." She hoped he wasn't going to ask her to 
> tend bar in place of Hodges...

Marty Fitzroy frowned - clearly he was not amused by this interruption to 
his party.  He scanned the room quickly, and seemed to come to a decision. 
He strode over to where Marjorie Higgins was sitting talking to Braham 
Davis.

"'Ere, Miss 'Iggins," he said.  "You won't mind taking over serving the 
drinks, would you?  War time emergency an' all that malarkey.  An' they'll 
be a guinea in it for you too."