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

[Knave of Amber]

> >>>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?"
> 
> Braham had been caught in a bit of a stupor. Apparently this whole ordeal
> came as something of a shock to him. For the most part he had been staring
> in wide eyed silence as information flew about. Finally he realized he must
> do something however.
> 
> "I'll go," he said as he moved towards Phillip his voice solemn.

"Lucy, this is the last time I holiday with you and Skeffers," Michael
says, tossing back the brandy he poured himself after the news. "If I
didn't know better, I'd think you two are cursed."

He crosses to the dowager and looks at her hand. "Are you alright, Lady Gower?"