[MaC] Interviewing Fitzroy

[Jonathan Katalenic]

"What is it, Cyril?" she asked.

Almost frantically, Cyril grabbed an empty cup and
poured more tea out of the pot.  As he stared into the
cup to see if it looked the same as Fitzroy's, he
asked Florence, "Is this the same tea you served the
others, dear?"

"No," said Florence.  "This is a new pot.  The old one
was all finsihed. so I poured away the dregs, pu the
tea leaves in the drainer, and made a fresh pot with
new leaves."

There was certainly no redisue in this cup.

However, several people in the room might be surprised
to learn that the Beamans could be so extravagent with
their tea ... most people made the leaves do for
several pots.

Cyril turned to the others in the room.  "Best not to
drink the tea until we find out what happened to the
Nazi," he said as he jerked his thumb in the direction
of the bathroom.  He stuffed his right hand in his
pocket and paused, glancing at each of the women in
the room in turn, before turning back to Florence. 
"Come with me to the kitchen, love.  Best bring the
pot," he said as he lifted it off the tray.


As she stood up, Lucinda Skeffinton-Nottle moved
forward.  "Mr Beaman - I think a couple of us should
go too."  She looked at him significantly.
"Independent witnesses." 

"I agree wholeheartedly, Lucinda," Nicola said,
walking after the Beamans. The changing of the tea
leaves had not gone unnoticed and Nicola's inquisitive
eyes were now fixed sharply on Florence Beaman. Though
she couldn't imagine what motive the woman might have
had for doing in Nola, she was now looking like a very
strong candidate for Marty Fitzroy's poisoning. Nicola
wouldn't be angry with her if she was (in fact, had
the woman been an American, she would have personally
written in a nomination for Florence for the
Congressional Medal of Honor), but there were quite a
few questions she wanted answered.


		
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