[MaC] Revelations?
Mel Mason
goldfired at oxmust.co.uk
Wed Jan 5 19:36:09 EST 2005
>> > 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."
>
"Indeed," said Oswald gravely. "Although I can't aspire to your track
record, old boy.
"It may not be a British serviceman, remember. I wonder if any of the
civilians here have seen service with other forces.
"And we shouldn't forget - the father of Nola's baby may very well not be
the one who killed - although he would, perhaps, have a powerful motive for
attempting to kill Fitzroy."
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