[MaC] In the Lift - Vangie and Marion

[Margaret Dean]

"Pruehs, Ree M." wrote:
> 
> > > In the meantime, Vangie was saying to Marion, "I don't suppose we
> > > should start up a rousing sing-along."
> >
> > "Christmas carols and the like, you mean?" Marion asked, amused.
> > "That should certainly, um, inspire them to get us out of
> > here quickly."  Though she loved music, Marion knew quite
> > well that her singing voice left much to be desired.
> 
> "Yes, exactly." said Vangie. "However, they will in any case keep up
> =our= spirits, don't you think?" There was a wicked twinkle in her eyes
> as she added "One must, after all, uphold the best traditions of the
> Women's Institute..."
> 
> In what turned out to be not a terrifically bad (or, it must be
> confessed, not terrifically good) alto she launched into "Jerusalem."
> 
> "And did those feet in ancient time / Walk upon England's mountains
> green? / And was the Holy Lamb of God / On England's pleasant pastures
> seen...?"

Marion shrugged, and joined in at about the third line.


<tag Vangie, anyone in earshot>


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>