[MaC] A pause in the music

[Jade]

--- Margaret Dean <margdean at erols.com> wrote:

> Allen Veazey wrote:
> > 
> >  > > 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."
> > >
> > >        "Well, best to be sure," Pamela said
> firmly. "Bear witness,
> > > Mr. Skeffington-Nottle, won't you? Just as well
> I wore gloves this
> > > evening." And she bent to touch her first two
> fingers to the pulse-
> > > point in The Actress's lacerated throat.
> > 
> > The sight of Anton's ashen face and Oswald's "Come
> on!" did
> > what even the blackout couldn't- got Warren off of
> his stool and
> > through the door. It took him a little time, but
> he finally arrived
> > at Anton's flat with the others.
> > 
> > "But she... she was just... right next to me!" he
> exclaimed.
> > She was just right there... " and then he
> swallowed; he appeared
> > to be trying to keep from vomiting.
> > 
> > "Sorry," he said, his eyes watering from the
> effort. "it's one
> > thing to be flying and in combat... it's quite
> another to see
> > this up close... and a lady..."
> 
> Marion had come up next to him and looked almost as
> white-faced
> as he did, though this was not the first murder
> scene she had
> ever viewed.
> 
> "But how could he..." she whispered, "...sit here
> playing ... and
> not see it, till now?"
> 

"In the dark, you mean?" asked Tabitha, appearing in
the doorway. "I should imagine it would be more
difficult to see it than not. He was probably paying
more attention to his music than his surroundings,
anyway." She moved towards the settee, where Lady
Pamela was attempting to find a pulse, and looked at
Nola Diamond with the detached expression of someone
who had seen far too many dead bodies in her life.

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