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

[Ree Moorhead Pruehs]

>>"Please ... stop him.  I think he overheard ... Miss Diamond was ... was 
>>ill."
>>
>>In Vangie's flat, Esme gave a little wail.
>>
>>"She was - I knew it!  She was going to have a baby!"
>
>Arabella went to her immediately, sitting next to the distraught woman. 
>"My dear Mrs. Fitzroy, whatever Miss Diamond was or wasn't going to do, 
>it's not going to happen now. The poor young woman is dead and it sounds 
>as if it was not a nice death at all. Now, until we know a great deal 
>more, it is only going to make things more difficult for you if you let 
>your imagination run wild..." She took the cup of tea and held it up to 
>Esme's mouth. "You need to think of yourself. I suspect that you haven't 
>much practice with that."

Vangie put a couple of biscuits on a plate and brought it over to them. 
"Sugar," she observed, "is good for shock."

=And I know how you've dealt with women with-child in the past, my dear 
Mrs. Fitzroy.= Vangie allowed herself a small inward smile. =Perhaps just 
as well you don't appear to remember me. But I remember you. Oh yes...I 
remember you.=

>>The lift seemed to be jerking - travelling more slowly.