[MaC] Interviewing Esme

[Ree Moorhead Pruehs]

At 08:02 PM 1/3/2005, you wrote:

>>>>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.

"Yes," Vangie said. "Of course." Out of habit she looked around the flat 
for Sweetie.