[MaC] Interviewing Fitzroy

Mel Mason goldfired at oxmust.co.uk
Mon Jan 3 20:00:31 EST 2005


>> 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.
>
> "Who else had tea at the same time Fitzroy did?" Marion Mauberley
> asked sharply.  "And don't let too many people handle the pot or
> cup.  Fingerprints.  Does anyone have the means to test for
> them?"
>

Lady Pamela did," said Oswald from his position at the top of the stairs, 
still watching the bathroom door.  "And she spilled most of it over her 
dress - perhaps fortunately." 





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