[MaC] Outside Number One Flat: Pamela and Philip

[Mel Mason]

>>> > 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."
>>> >
>>> > "Hullo."  Hodges greeted them as the older man huffued down the
>>> > stairs.
>>> > "Everything allright here?  I heard that Mrs Evans is stuck in the
>>> > left.  I may
>>> > need a hand to get it working again."
>>>
>>> Mr. Beaman arrived after Hodges.  "Ah, Lady Hutchinson.  What do we
>>> have here?" he said as looked inquiringly toward the elevator.
>>
>> "Might be a bit of help if I can, old boy," Michael offered. He had
>> followed Phillip and Pamela down the stairs and was just emerging from
>> flat 4 with two canvas tool bags. "Do we need to go to the roof?" he
>> asked the super.
>>
>> "Perhaps Lady Hutchinson and Pilot Officer Powell would be so kind as
>> to go reassure the ladies that we've the situation well in hand," the
>> senior officer suggested.
>>
>
> The situation was now that the two ladies - Mrs Evans and Miss Mauberley - 
> were inside the lift between the fourth and fifth floors but, thanks to 
> the design and structure of the lift, could clearly see and hear all that 
> was happening.  Philip and Pamela had come up from the first floor (and 
> more lately the third floor), and so were slightly below the lift, while 
> Michael Coldstream-Briggs had followed them up.
>
> Hodges and Beaman were above, and sould see the problem - a chain had come 
> loose on one of the cogs.  It needed to be reattached, tightened and 
> oiled.
>

(OOC - Philip and Pamela can continue to the party if they wish)