[MaC] Around the bar

[Brian Schoner]

Philip, the young airman with the wounded arm, slid into the increasing
crowd around the bar, winding up next to Nola Diamond. "Good evening," he
said to Marjorie. "I'll need two sherries -- I'll pour those, you look to
have your hands full -- and an old-fashioned for me, I think." As he began
work on the sherries, working slowly but carefully with his left hand, he
said, "Good evening, Miss Diamond. How are things for you this fine
evening?"