[MaC] Separations: Hodges, Nicola and Michael

[Mel Mason]

> 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."
>

Before anything more could be said, there seemed to be an altercation on the 
stairs.  The lift could be heard moving - and a woman's voice calling out.

"That's Lou," said Oswald.  "We'd better see what's going on."

He headed towards the door - in time to hear Lucinda call out: "Please ... 
stop him.  I think he overheard ... Miss Diamond was ... was ill."

Oswald looked over his shoulder.  "Hodges," he said, "can you stop the lift 
as well as start it?"