[MaC] Separations: The Group in Vangie's flat

[Mel Mason]

>> Richard helped support Esme, while they made their way to the flat.
>>
>> "Perhaps some tea," he said, looking up at the doawager with a raised
>> eyebrow. "That's good for a lady's nerves, no?" He gave her a crooked 
>> smile.
>> "I'm afraid I was always shooed out when my mother took to fainting or
>> such."
>>
>
> "Did it happen often?" Arabella asked dryly. "As for tea, I think it a 
> splendid idea. For all of us..."

As soon as they walked into the flat, they saw Cyril Beaman and Braham Davis 
standing somewhat nervously near the door of the lounge, eying Sweetie, who 
was watching them malevolently from the sofa, his striped tail swaying 
slowly with something of a cobra's menace.  Of Philip there was no sign - 
and then came a clatter from the bathroom that suggested someone's presence 
there.