[MaC] Seperated - Nicola, Michael & Hodges

[Jvstin(Mindspring)]

on 1/1/2005 12:47 PM Mel Mason said the following:
>>> "Now that's curious.  Rude, even for an American." Hodges commented.  
>>> He picked up his own 'file' and opened it.
>>>
>>> "I beg your pardon, Mr. Hodges! Rudeness is not a feature of any one 
>>> nationality- even mine!" Nicola snapped as she reached in and pulled 
>>> her own pile of papers out. She began to leaf through the papers.
>>>
>>> "I should say, present company excepted, Miss Douglas."  Hodges 
>>> stried to smile apologetically, and coughed obviously embarassed by 
>>> his faux pas.
>>>
>>> The files appeared to contain details of all their comings and 
>>> goings, their regular daily routines, they thinks they said and did 
>>> and - rather more alarming - some of Braham's reflections on it all.
>>
>>
>> James picked up his own folder, opened it, and spent a few moments, 
>> leafing through the contents.  His face didn't betray anything, but he 
>> pointedly put down the folder without looking at it again, as if he 
>> expected it to be a gorgon of some sort.
>>
>>>
>>> (OOC - I'll leave Tara to add a few more pertinent details from your 
>>> individual files if she wishes!)
>>>
>>> They next moved on to Marion Mauberley's flat.  The journalist's home 
>>> was neat and tidy, although the dining room had been converted to a 
>>> study. Wall charts were in evidence, including what appeared to be a 
>>> timeline and diary combined, marked with various dates and 
>>> information from 1938 onwards.  This cross referenced to several 
>>> diaries oon the desk beneath, it appeared, which in themselves 
>>> contained intriguing information, such as from 1938: "Int Moseley 
>>> Thurs."
>>>
>>
>> "Interview?" James ventured, aloud.
>>
> 
> (OOC - no problem here - but has James joined this group?)
> 
> They moved on to the next floor, where there was an unoccupied flat 
> again (the Bonar-Laws, and it was in a similar state to the 
> Carter-Rucks).  Then they visited Tabitha's.
> 
> On Tabitha's desk in the lounge there were two piles of letters; one 
> pile is from her son, the other, considerably smaller pile from her 
> husband. One of the letters from her husband was lying open on her desk 
> and the ink was smudged in one or two places from Tabitha crying on it.
> 
> Poking out from under this letter was one Tabitha had begun to write to 
> her son -- but she's only got as far as writing "Liebster Karl".
> 
> There was also a rather sharp letter opener.
> 
> There was a menorah on the table in the lounge, with candle stubs in all 
> nine holders, even though Chanukah ended over a week ago.
> 
> In the first bedroom there was a small rocking horse and a few other 
> children's toys, as well as a bed.
> 
> In the second, Tabitha's room, her nursing uniform had been thrown on 
> the floor most untidily. The photograph of her family was on the bed, 
> and there was a violin with a string missing standing against the wall 
> in a corner of the room. There was also a shelf with a few books in 
> English, German and Russian, but all the books were by Russian authors.
> 
>> From here they moved to Nicola's flat.
> 
> 
> The first theing they were aware of was an extraordinarily yappy dog by 
> the moniker of Mr.Bob who did his best to drown out any conversation had 
> by anybody in the flat until Nicola hurriedly locked him in the pantry.  
> After that, his barking was at least muffled.
> 
> It appeared that Nicola's maid had been given the evening off.  Assorted 
> shopping bags and clothes with pricetags still attached lying 
> helter-skelter around the flat, and several full bottles of good-quality 
> brandy were to be found in the kitchen.
> 
> In the lounge, close to the piano (a rather smaller one than Anton 
> Barowenski's - a baby grand, in fact) there was sheet music to 
> approximately twenty songs. The one lying on top of all the others was 
> "Frankie and Johnny."
> 
> Hodges and Michael were able to see into her bedroom while she was 
> locking Mr Bob away.  There was an open jewelry box on her dresser with 
> gobs of jade jewelry and a silver locket with a picture of two older 
> people inside, as well as a picture of Nicola on the arm of a 
> shady-looking man a high-society party in New York.
> 
> Her diary was open to the last entry (Dec. 23, 1940).  The entry read as 
> follows: "I must find him as quickly as I possibly can. I fear the 
> consequences to be dire if I don't." Before they could read any further, 
> Nicola came back into the room and hastily closed the diary.
> 

At this point, James looked thoughtful.  He looked at Nicola, and the 
rest of the searchers.  "I think someone needs to talk to Mr. Davies 
about his files."  He looked at the group.  "If you will all excuse me."

Unless stopped, James headed out of the flat, and downstairs...