[MaC] Interviewing Esme

[Mel Mason]

>>>
>>>Perhaps Vangie was beginning to sense that the sort of help Esme's sister 
>>>gave to young women in the East End was not delivered in the form of soup 
>>>kitchens.
>>>
>>>"And she wrote to me," Esme went on, "and said that the rozzers ... the 
>>>police, I mean ... have been asking questions.  About ... well, her 
>>>customers."
>>>
>>>Esme dabbed at her eyes again.
>>>
>>>Vangie got up, went in her bedroom -- saw the mess Sweetie had made of 
>>>her jewelry box and said several very bad words under her breath -- 
>>>opened her top dresser drawer and got out some handkerchiefs, and offered 
>>>them to Esme. "There now. Cry it out. It's all right." There were things 
>>>that could be done about Marty Fitzroy, she thought grimly. But not yet.
>>
>>"Thank you," said Esme.  Then she lifted her head, blinking.
>>
>>"There seems to be a lot of noise going on upstairs," she said slowly.
>
> "Indeed," Vangie said. "But I don't want to leave you alone right now. Are 
> you feeling up to going there?"

Esme nodded - although Vangie could sense some reluctance in her agreement.

"If you'll come with me," she added with slightly more firmness.