[MaC] Separations: Hodges, Nicola and Michael

[Jvstin]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:54:56 -0800 (PST), Jonathan Katalenic
<jjkatalenic at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The fourth flat was that of the Skeffington-Nottles.
> Here they found
> James
> Drake and Anton Barowenksi speaking together in
> Polish, while Marion
> Mauberley and Oswald Skeffington-Nottle waited for
> them to switch back
> into
> English.
> 
> Oswald hailed the searchers with something like
> relief.
> 
> "Found anything significant?" he asked.
> 
> "No, nothing," Nicola lied. "We've finished the first
> and second floors and we haven't seen hide nor hare of
> any burglar." She peeked around him. "Unless you've
> found somebody in your flat, we were about to make our
> way up to the third floor."
> 

James shook his head.  "No, we've not seen anything here out of order.
 But one might hope in the end that in your search that you do.  I
mislike the implications if nothing incriminating is found anywhere."
James explained.