[MaC] The Lift is Fixed!

[Margaret Dean]

Mel Mason wrote:
> 
> >> > 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."
> 
> "That's quite all right," said Esme, and then watched with a little
> apprehension as Mrs Evans and Miss Rosen moved towards her.
> 
> Anton Barowenski moved towards Marion.
> 
> "There was an accident?" he asked.  "And all three of you were trapped? 
> But you are all right ... uninjured?"  There was a sharp edge to his tone.

"Just Mrs. Evans and I were in the lift when it stopped," Marion
assured him.  "And we're quite all right."  She smiled at him. 
"You didn't hear us singing?  Just as well, I suppose.  =That=
would have been painful."

<tag Anton, other partygoers>


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>