[MaC] Examining the body - back to the Fitzroys

[Heather Mace]

[smoosh]

>>>
>>> Marjorie gave Pamela a blank look.  "What does that mean?  What was
>>> wrong with her?  Just say it... she's not going to be offended,"
>>> she pointed out.  "She's dead."
>>>
>>
>> "I'm afraid it seems she had had a backstreet abortion," says Lucinda 
>> gently.  "One that went very badly wrong, as these things so often do."
> 
> 
> Marjorie looked from Lucinda to Pamela and back, her face suddenly
> white.  "How badly wrong?" she asked in a weak voice.

     Poor rattled Pamela took refuge in clinical detachment. "Miss
Diamond had a serious infection from a poorly-performed termination
of pregnancy," she said stiffly. "It isn't what she died of. But she
very likely would have."

Marjorie stared at Pamela for a moment with an aghast expression.

Then she fainted in the doorway, falling backwards into the Fitzroy
lounge.