[MaC] Revelations?

[Dorothea Salo]

> 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.

	Pamela made a moue, but knelt and began her work anyway. Whatever she 
applied to the puncture *did* hurt quite powerfully, and was sickeningly 
chill to the touch to boot. She worked quickly, however, keeping the 
agony as short-lived as possible.

	"Lord Richard," she said in a murmur for his ears alone as she reached 
into her bag for bandage-linen, "I am exceeding my bounds, and possibly 
betraying a confidence, but in light of tonight's events I feel I must. 
I ask you, my lord, please to communicate with your sister Elizabeth as 
soon as may be, on a matter of considerable -- perhaps life-saving -- 
importance."

	In more normal tones, she said, "That should do. I am sorry if I hurt 
you; the palm of the hand is a terrible place to be injured, so many 
nerves there."

	<tag Richard>