[MaC] Examining the body

[Mel Mason]

>> 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?"
>
Lucinda was looking at Tabitha and her movements rather thoughtfully.

"I think," she said slowly, "that once Miss Rosen is satisfied, then we 
should just cover the poor woman decently and lock the room as best we can."

She was still looking at Tabitha, and there seemed to be an unspoken 
question hovering in the air.  "Was it ... Was she ... "