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

[Jvstin(Mindspring)]

on 12/27/2004 6:28 PM Nowsounds said the following:
>>>
>>> Marjorie came around the bar and picked up the gin bottle.  "She
>>> was just here... I made her a gin and tonic, then another," she
>>> said as she started to pour into a glass.  "But Mr. Hodges came
>>> back from fixing the lift and took away her drink and she stormed
>>> off... And then there was the blackout..."  She put down the
>>> gin bottle and picked up the tonic.
>>
>>
>  > "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?"
>>
>> Arabella looked down at her hand, a bit puzzled, and then said, "Oh, yes.
>> It's just paint, Captain. I'm afraid I brushed against that daub of mine
>> while getting Pamela's bag... If you have a handkerchief you can 
>> spare..."
> 
> 
> "Of course, Belle," Michael answers off-handedly.
> 
>> "Skeffers seems to have a dark cloud followiing him," Michael explains
>> to the others. "He's been asked to investigate murders before. It's
>> what he did before the war, you know."
> 
> 
> "Thank you," Arabella said, a little distractedly, and took the 
> proffered handkerchief, wiping her hand with it in a vigorous motion. 
> "So, we have a... trained detective here? With experience in... murder?" 
> She said the last word almost hesitantly, as if pulling back from its 
> power.
> 
James waited patiently for Marjorie to finish preparing her drink before 
  taking up the gin and tonic in turn.  He looked to Arabella.  "There 
are those of us here with military experience." James said.  "But 
besides Oswald, does any of us here have constabulary?" he asked, 
looking about.

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