Private Message to Barty Crouch, Jr.
Mar. 12th, 2011 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_luciusNarcissa was all for inviting you to the Manor to provide succor and sympathies. Told her I was sure you wished to avoid dwelling on the disappointment but offered to pass along the message in the interest of appeasing her. You are, of course, entirely welcome, but suspect that her offer has more to do with her own wish to give comfort than your need or tolerance of it. Rather think her feminine instinct to mother would likely backfire and inadvertently rub salt in the wound.
Permit me to say again, I was as shocked as anyone to learn Our Lord's decision. Had been confident even on Thursday that His hesitation to deliver His blessing owed more to the demands of state than any personal displeasure with Maebh. In fact I nearly wrote to you both to offer reassurance and did not only because I considered the matter outside my brief. Certainly I never imagined He would find her objectionable in any way.
Well. Suppose the consolation, if any there be, is that Our Lord has made clear you need not bother succumbing to Narcissa's matchmaking - or anyone else's, for that matter.
Understand from Scrimgeour that there is new information in the Dogstar investigation? Expect that more than anything shall help you to adjust to this setback. As in all things, we are mere instruments of Our Lord's will. Ineffable as that may be, He has always proven worthy of our trust in the end.
Permit me to say again, I was as shocked as anyone to learn Our Lord's decision. Had been confident even on Thursday that His hesitation to deliver His blessing owed more to the demands of state than any personal displeasure with Maebh. In fact I nearly wrote to you both to offer reassurance and did not only because I considered the matter outside my brief. Certainly I never imagined He would find her objectionable in any way.
Well. Suppose the consolation, if any there be, is that Our Lord has made clear you need not bother succumbing to Narcissa's matchmaking - or anyone else's, for that matter.
Understand from Scrimgeour that there is new information in the Dogstar investigation? Expect that more than anything shall help you to adjust to this setback. As in all things, we are mere instruments of Our Lord's will. Ineffable as that may be, He has always proven worthy of our trust in the end.
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Date: 2011-03-12 07:54 pm (UTC)You're right, of course. Much as the decision surprised, it is Our Lord's prerogative to decide these matters. I bow to His wish in this and all things.
Narcissa's invitation is very kind, but I'm unable to accept. Mafalda has lent my services to Scrimgeour's Dogstar team, and I expect to be away for several days at the least. I imagine you'll be briefed in one capacity or another, as it involves the camps.
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Date: 2011-03-12 08:01 pm (UTC)