[MaC] A pause in the music

[Brian Schoner]

> (OOC - who's staying with Barowenski and who's going to his flat?)

Philip, a concerned expression on his face, followed immediately. He looked
around the flat before leaving, as though to determine if anyone was
missing.

> And then all those present saw her ... Nola Diamond.
> 
> She was lying on the settee, and at first glance it seemed as 
> though she had fallen asleep there, her dark red hair falling
> across her face.  But there was something strangely still about
> her.  Oswald, with an exclamation, walked forward and lifted the
> hair to reveal a little of her neck.  And then they all saw the
> marks left by a ligature that had bitten deeply into the pale
> flesh.
> 
> "I'm afraid," said Oswald, "she's dead."

"Good God," Philip said, and closed his eyes momentarily. After a moment,
they opened again, and he looked at the injury to her neck. "Murdered, you
mean."