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

[Jonathan Katalenic]

>>>"'ow did she die?" demanded Marty.  "Drugs, was it?
 I reckoned she
>>
>>was 
>>
>>>on drugs, the little tart."
>>
>>Marjorie just shook her head in shock.  "What a
terrible
>>thing to say about the dead!" she said to Fitzroy. 
"You
>>behave yourself...  there's people in shock here and
you
>>ain't helping one bit."  She sat on the other side
on
>>Anton and put an arm around his shoulders.  "There
there
>>now..."
> 
> 
> Cyril scowled at Fitzroy, but unfortunately, was not
surprised by his
> comment.

For her part, Nicola shot Marty Fitzroy a glare that
could have frozen the South Pacific and was about to
fling an acid-tinged retort at the loathsome man when
James Drake interceded.

> "Don't mind him old boy."  James said to Anton, not
>even deigning to give Fitzroy a look.  James sighed,
>smashed a fist into his palm and mused >aloud. 
"Everyone in the building was invited to the >party,
weren't they?" he said. "Every last one, >social
hermit or not."
>
>"It's one of us." James deduced, unhappily.

"No! No, it can't be!" Nicola protested. "There had
to..." her voice trailed off. "Oh... you're right.
Nobody could get into Mortmain Mansions and we were
all here at the party." She looked around the room at
the few stragglers that had been either too uneasy or
too respectful to traipse through and gawk at Nola's
body. "But... who?" She shivered in spite of her warm jacket.


		
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