[MaC] Outside Number One Flat: Pamela and Philip

[Brian Schoner]

> Warmth suffused her voice again as she went on, "But I do 
> hope you enjoy yourself, in spite of everything. Mum and Mrs
> Evans are friends, so I know you've been there, and yet I
> only meet you tonight. It does seem a shame, you being
> cooped up so."

"Ah, it's just as well, really," Philip said, perhaps a bit too casually.
"I'm still a bit -- awkward -- about my hand, and most of the time I'm not
fit company for man or beast...not even Aunt Evangeline's horrid little
feline." He dropped his voice on the last few words, to avoid Evangeline's
preternaturally sharp hearing. "Much less a lady," he added in a more normal
tone. "But I suppose I just need a bit of time, and I shall be right as rain
before long. I do appreciate your concern, though."

> 	They took the stairs at a deliberate pace, Pamela 
> managing well.  She asked to stop briefly on the third landing.

Philip waited patiently as Pamela rested her ankle, making small talk about
her WAAF duties. As they waited, footsteps began descending from above.
After a glance up, Philip said, "Ah! Here's Mr. Hodges now."

<tag Pamela, Hodges>