[MaC] An Almighty Row: Lounge

[Ree Moorhead Pruehs]

>Marjorie started to follow, then stopped.  "I'm not goin' in there with 
>him alone," she announced, looking around the room.
>
>"I'll accompany you, Miss Higgins."  Hodges volunteered.  "We'd best keep 
>an eye on both Officer Powell and Miss Evans..."
>
>Oswald looked significantly at Lucinda.  She gave the faintest of nods and 
>followed the other three to the kitchen.
>
>Oswald turned meanwhile to Vangie Evans.
>
>"Is there any truth in your nephew's accusations?" he asked quietly.  "You 
>realise - there could be an investigation if he persists in making these 
>claims."

She chuckled. "I lost my temper and told him I kept strychnine in the 
kitchen and cyanide beside my stockings, I'm afraid, when he started making 
insinuations to =me.= There isn't anything else of that sort of interest in 
my house. I wouldn't want Sweetie to get at it."