[MaC] A pause in the music

[Brian Schoner]

Phillip, swirling his half-filled glass absently, stared at the body, though
he was careful not to touch anything. "It looks--" His voice rasped; he
cleared his throat and began again, looking slightly abashed. "It looks as
though she was strangled *with* something, not bare-handed. Does anyone see
anything here that might have been the, er, murder weapon?" He looked around
the room as if uncertain of what he was searching for, then his gaze fell on
the piano. "Piano wire, perhaps?"