[MaC] An Almighty Row (correction)

[Heather Mace]

>>
>>"Oh, my goodness, of course. That's it!" Nicola
> 
> said.
> 
>>"Stick to it- stick together, stuck together!"
> 
> 
> Marjorie had opened her mouth to answer Philip when
> Nicola suddenly interjected.  "What are you talking
> about?" she asked Nicola, astonished.
> 
> Nicola turned to Marjorie and began to speak, "During
> the party, right before the blackout, we were all in
> our little clumps. Some of us were by the bar, some
> were toasting and some were off in the corner sulking.
> When the lights went out, we all wandered just a
> little, trying to make our way around the room
> comfortably, but certainly nobody was going to go
> traipsing through a strange flat in the dark- there
> was too much risk of falling over something or bumping
> into somebody, correct?"
> 
> She continued, "So when the lights came back on, most
> of us were, for better or worse, pretty near to the
> people we were close to when the lights came back on.
> I was in a group with Lady Pamela, Lord Richard and
> Mr. Drake," she said, pointing each out in turn. "Lady
> Pamela was there and Mr. Drake was there, but Lord
> Richard was not. He was out of the room and he didn't
> come back in until a few minutes later, after Mr.
> Barowenski came in and announced that Nola had been
> killed. He had a cut on his hand and he'd wrapped it
> in gauze."
> 
> Her speech became quicker and her manner more
> flustered, "He said that he'd cut it on his
> pocketknife while going in his pocket for his lighter.
> And I didn't think anything of it at the time, but
> later I realized- why didn't we hear him cry out? If
> you were reaching in the dark for something and
> suddenly cut yourself, you'd certainly make a noise or
> two, but we didn't hear anything. So either he was out
> of the room when he cut his hand on the pocketknife,
> which, like I said earlier, makes no sense because
> there would be no reason to go wandering around a
> strange flat in the dark... or he cut his hand in a
> different way."

"But he wasn't 'ere before Fitzroy was poisoned,"
Marjorie protested.  "He showed up after Mr. and
Mrs. Skeffinton-Nottle.  At least... I think he
did...  I think it was actually after Fitzroy left
to go to the bathroom."