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

[Mel Mason]

>> 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?"
>

"Certainly," said Lucinda.  "Is someone going with Officer Powell?"