[MaC] Revelations?

[Katie Fulton]

"Well, never mind, then -- I'll only be gone a moment." Pamela
exchanged a glance with Tabitha, then went downstairs to wash her hands
at the kitchen sink.

She returned in short order with her mother, and picked up her kit-bag
to attend to the scion of Benwick. "Please sit down, my lord," she said,
indicating an armless chair in the vicinity. "I shall have to disinfect
it; I fear it will sting quite a bit."

He winced, but covered it with a brave smile. "Don't worry about that,
m'dear. I've felt the prick of a woman's sting before, and lived." He held
out his hand for her.