[MaC] The Lift is Fixed!

[Margaret Dean]

"Pruehs, Ree M." wrote:
> 
> > > With the aid of Mr Beaman, who showed a great facility for
> > > the skills, and the appearance of some unexpectedly ingenious
> > > tools from the Group Captain, Hodges was soon able to fix the
> > > lift, so that Hodges scrambled clear, the lift was restarted,
> > > and Mrs Evans and Miss Mauberley were triumphantly released. 
> > > Then, accompanied by Tabitha Rosen who had paused to watch,
> > > the whole group were able to make a triumph entrance to the
> > > cocktail party, quite eclipsing the arrival of Nola Diamond,
> > > who was already on her second martini.
> >
> > At the sight of them, Arabella excused herself from her
> > little group and came to greet them. "My dear," she said to
> > Evangeline Evans. "Was it very disconcerting? I was just
> > talking to your nephew -- what a fine young man."
> 
> Vangie smiled at her. "I could not agree more," she said warmly, then
> chuckled and added, "And now I want a drink. I think we've earned it!"
> 
> > She turned with an equally admiring smile to Marion Mauberley.
> > "Miss Mauberly... I trust we'll see some such incident, properly
> > exaggerated, in a future work?"

Marion laughed.  "And with the names suitably obscured ...
possibly.  But =with,=" she added wickedly, darting a sidelong
grin at Vangie, "every carol in its proper place.  And due credit
given to =all= our rescuers."

She moved over to greet Esme.  "Mrs. Fitzroy, I am sorry to be
late, but the circumstances were unavoidable."


<tag Arabella, Vangie, Esme, partygoers>


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>