[MaC] A pause in the music - Back in the lounge

[Dorothea Salo]

> "Oh, =no=," Nicola said with a low groan, sitting back
> against the settee. "Oh, no. Oh, Nola, what have you
> gotten yourself into now?" she asked nobody. She
> looked up upon seeing Pamela and Warren entering the
> room. Shakily, she stood and walked over to them. "Is
> it true?" she asked in an unsteady voice. "Is she
> really dead?"

	"I'm afraid so," Pamela said in a voice that (though appropriately 
low-pitched and somber) reached the whole room. She dropped Warren's arm 
to march Nicola right back to the settee. "Now, you aren't to worry, all 
right? Everything is being taken care of. Here, can you do something for 
me? This bag -- it's Mrs. Fitzroy's. She left it here earlier. Will you 
take care of it until she gets back? I'd be grateful."