[MaC] Revelations?

[Knave of Amber]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 23:56:46 -0000, Mel Mason <goldfired at oxmust.co.uk> wrote:
> > Esme shook her head.  "She didn't tell me," she said.
> > "All I knew ... it was an officer of some kind.  And
> > Marty told her ... she had to get rid of it, or her
> > career was finished."
> >
> > Tabitha glared at Marty's face, though she knew he
> > couldn't possibly see her. "That's horrible," she
> > said. "Though I can't say I'm surprised. But... we do
> > have several officers here." She looked around
> > nervously. "Could it have been one of them? And if he
> > thought Mr Fitzroy knew who he was... that could be a
> > motive for both Nola's murder and your husband's -- as
> > of now -- attempted murder."
> >
> 
> "I don't know," admitted Esme.  "I don't ... think so.  She thought ... if
> she told Marty ... he might do something.  She didn't even tell him that he
> was an officer.  And she wouldn't tell me any more in case Marty got it out
> of me."

"So, this officer would have reason to kill her, to keep his name
clear," Michael commented. "And reason to want Fitzroy dead, as a Nazi
and the man who facilitated the murder of his child."

"Convenient."

"So, an officer here?" Michael shakes his head. "Who all does that
leave?" He ticks off the suspects on his fingers. "Myself, of course.
Phillip, Warren. I suppose for completeness, you Skeffers."