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

[Dorothea Salo]

> Only moments after Lord Richard's return, Arabella came in with Pamela's 
> kit bag. She was slightly short of breath as she went to her daughter. 
> "Here you are, dear. Is it really...?" Her voice broke off discreetly, 
> and there was real concern in her eyes. There was also a trace of 
> reddish brown along her left hand...

	"Yes," Pamela murmured, taking the bag. "Stay here and be careful." 
Then, raising her voice to its usual volume, she said, "Thank you, Mum. 
Mrs. Skeffington-Nottle? Mr. Worthington? Are you coming?"