[MaC] An Almighty Row: Lounge

[Ree Moorhead Pruehs]

At 11:13 AM 1/16/2005, you wrote:
> > > Without hesitating, Philip whirled and bore down on Esme. "WHO DID
> > > THIS?!?"
> > >
> > Esme shook her head, looking rather like a startled rabbit.
> >
> > "I didn't," she faltered.  "I never ... "
> >
> > "I imagine it was Fitzroy who prevented your getting the
> > letters," said Oswald.  "Just as it was Fotzroy who arranged
> > Nola's abortion.  But what I don't understand is ... if you
> > didn't know about this in advance, why did you poison Fitzroy?"
>
>"I knew it was him," Philip said, though it wasn't clear if he was
>responding to Oswald's question or just thinking out loud. "I knew he had
>turned her against me somehow. After all we had planned
>together...everything I had given up for her...she would never have behaved
>the way she did. Never have said what she did to me. I knew it was his
>fault..."
>
>Philip broke off, staring speculatively at the unconscious Fitzroy.

Vangie, still irritated that no one had brought her her cat, nodded soberly 
to herself.  =If you'd have told me the truth, I would have helped you any 
way I could. You wanted to shift the blame instead, Philip. Now you've lost 
it all.=