[MaC] Examining the body

Dorothea Salo dorothea at textartisan.com
Tue Dec 28 21:23:33 EST 2004


> Lucinda moved to her side.
> 
> "Are you all right, Lady Pamela?" she asked.  "It must be very upsetting 
> ... Would you like me to get you a brandy?  Or your mother?"

	Pamela found the nearest chair and fell into it, burying her head in 
her hands such that her careful coiffure suffered alarming 
disarrangement. "For God's sake, don't tell Mum. She'll fuss endlessly. 
It's just -- it's one thing to deal with living human bodies, however 
horrible what's happened to them. This -- it's just indecent!"

	With her hair coming down and her ordinary placidity cracked clean 
through, Pamela at that moment looked rather younger than her nineteen 
years. She pulled herself together as befitted her station and her 
training, however, sitting up straight and forcing all inconvenient 
signs of emotion from her face. "I'm sorry, Tabitha, Mrs. 
Skeffington-Nottle. What a terrible time to behave like a goose. Is 
there anything else we should do?"



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