[MaC] An Almighty Row: Lounge

[Margaret Dean]

"Jvstin(Mindspring)" wrote:
> 
> on 1/12/2005 7:14 PM Heather Mace said the following:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cyril mused, "You know, I did see him stumble and catch himself on
> >>>>>> the door frame, but I didn't actually see his hand afterward.  I'm
> >>>>>> not certain the way he caught himself would have caused that injury
> >>>>>> pattern.  I would've expected to see scrapes on his palm instead."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There was no grease on the knife.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But caught very near the hinge there did seem to be a single black
> >>>>>> thread.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Marjorie peered at the caught thread.  "I think... this is what
> >>>>> they call a clue, yes?" she asked, holding the knife out to Warren
> >>>>> and Cyril to look at before removing it from the hinge.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just then Marion Mauberley walked back in to the Beamans' flat,
> >>>> accompanied by Anton and Oswald.  She was carrying what looked
> >>>> like a small bundle of letters.  Her eyes sought out Philip.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Flight Officer Powell?"
> >>>
> >>> "He's in the kitchen," said Florence.  "With Hodges and Mrs Skeffington
> >>> Nottle."
> >>
> >> Marion glanced over at the two men who had accompanied her. "Shall
> >> we?"  She headed for the kitchen, looking purposeful.
> 
> His curiousity peaked by the return of Marion and company, with the
> mysterious items, James quietly followed the trio into the kitchen.
> 
> > "Wait... what'd you find?" Marjorie asked as held a small
> > pocket knife on the flat of her hand.

Marion looked over her shoulder at Marjorie and gave her an odd
half-smile.  "Apparently ... undelivered mail," she said.
 
> "Two clues." James murmured, looking between Marjorie and Cyril and
> Warren on the one hand, and Marion, Oswald and Anton on the other.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>