[MaC] "I didn't know..." responses (Oswald and Lucinda too)

[Mel Mason]

> > Pamela said something under her breath to Tabitha and
> > left Fitzroy's side, taking her bag with her. As she passed
> > Oswald, she murmured, "He shouldn't be left alone, sir. I
> > don't care to be party to another death tonight."
> >
> > Without awaiting an answer, she knelt by Philip's
> > chair. "Hold out your hand, if you would, please," she said,
> > with as much kindness as the plain words would hold. "You've
> > bled through your bandage there."
>
> Philip looked at her, seeming to really focus on another
> person for the first time in a while. Slowly, he extended his
> hand. "I'm sorry," he said. After a moment, he added, "I
> wish...", then trailed off as if embarassed that he had spoken at all.

"I will see my solicitor in the morning," Vangie said abruptly, apropos
of nothing. "On Philip's behalf, of course. He will not be without legal
representation. The best." She had directed the last comment to Michael.
Casting an ironical eye at her great-nephew, she added,"We must, after
all, take steps to minimize the scandal in the family."


"That would be best," agreed Oswald.  "Officer Powell, will you come with us 
please?"

He rose to escort the Officer to the lower floor, and the Beaman's spare 
bedroom.

(OOC - I think Michael is with us - anyone else coming?)

As they went down the stairs, a creaking could be heard from the lift, and a 
distant door slam.

"That's probably the police," said Oswald.  "We don't have very long, it 
seems."

He was watching Philip closely.