[MaC] The Lift is Fixed!

Dorothea Salo dorothea at textartisan.com
Thu Dec 23 15:21:16 EST 2004


Brian Schoner wrote:
> Philip returned shortly after Evangeline's departure, bearing two glasses of
> sherry precariously (but with no sign of spillage) in his left hand.
> "Countess, Pamela," he said, offering the drinks to each person.

	Pamela put the disdained handbag back under her arm, thanked him 
kindly, and took her glass.

  "I thought
> I saw Great-Aunt Evangeline over here...is she feeling quite all right after
> the Lift Incident?" He spoke absently, as though his mind was still on Nola
> Diamond's rudeness, and he was apparently making some effort not to look
> back at the bar area.

	"She's fine," Pamela assured him. "She's gone to look after Mrs 
Fitzroy. She moves very quickly, your aunt; I picked up Mrs. Fitzroy's 
handbag and was going to give it to her to take with her, but she was 
gone before I had three words out of my mouth!"



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