[MaC] Around the bar

Brian Schoner brianschoner at bellsouth.net
Thu Dec 23 14:41:01 EST 2004


>> "Oh, why can't people leave me alone?" she said petulantly,
>> turning away. She thrust her empty Martini glass towards
>> Marjorie (who was still behind the bar). "Here - another
>> one."
> 
> "... Right.  'Nother one coming up, Miss Diamond," Marjorie 
> said with a touch of surprise.  She took the glass and 
> started to mix another one, much weaker this time.

Setting the sherry bottle down rather more heavily than was strictly
necessary, Philip carefully gathered the stems of the two filled sherry
glasses in his left hand. "I'll come back for mine," he said brusquely, and
returned to Pamela and the Countess without giving Nola another glance.






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