[MaC] Interviewing Esme

[Mel Mason]

>> Back in Vangie's flat, Esme Fitzroy was pressed tight into the corner
>> of the
>> sofa, twisting a handkerchief over and over in her nervous hands.
>> When
>> Vangie offered her a cup of tea, she started as though she expected
>> it
>> contained poison.
>
> Cyril glanced out the door, torn between following the commotion back
> upstairs or staying to help Esme.  He worried increasingly about
> Florence, but Esme appeared to know something about what was happening
> here.  He ventured a question to his distraught neighbor.  "Esme,
> dear," he asked gently, "what do you know?  How did you know about
> Nola's ...condition."
>

Esme gave a little gulp.

"I ... I ... knew ... She told me that it was a friend of hers.  She wanted 
to know ... But I couldn't help her!  Of course I couldn't!  How would I 
know anything about that?"