Should be sleeping

[alt_lucius]

Can't seem to find sleep to-night, nor concentrate on anything. Tried reading to no success. Even tried getting a jump on the first-of-month accounts. No good.

Ari, if you're up for tea to-morrow (to-day, I should say), I could use it.

My meeting with Rosalind went ... not at all well.

I discerned her intention in time to stop her embarrassing herself, in one sense, at least. Tried to set her straight on a few things. Imagine my shock when, quite inexplicably, she grew utterly nonsensical. Her body may be recovered from her recent ordeal, but I fear she is rather losing her mind.

Pansy, don't worry about this, if you see this entry (and I know eventually you shall do). I'm sure when your mother has had a little time to reflect, she'll come round to reason.

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[alt_pansy]

What happened? Why are you angry?

[alt_lucius]

Your mother

It's not

I am not angry, Pansy. Merely a little perturbed by your mother; I'm sure you are familiar with the feeling.

I'm sure it will all work out with a little time.

[alt_pansy]

But what happened? What did she do? You said she wasn't making sense. Is she sick again?

[alt_lucius]

No, she is perfectly well, in body. In fact, she made a point of her improved health. No, unfortunately, it seems your mother has ... laboured under a false impression on a number of matters, an impression I'm sorry to say I had to correct. Believe me, I tried to do so gently, but I'm afraid she made it quite impossible to remain sanguine.

She has suffered, shall we say, a disappointment. But she shall recover in due time.

[alt_pansy]

Am I in trouble again?

[alt_lucius]

Mercifully - and remarkably - no.

It's just a disagreement, I suppose you might call it, between your mother and me. Let us close the subject.

[alt_pansy]

I told you: I'm good now. I just wanted to be sure. Sometimes when mum is angry at someone she's angry at me too and she'll h so I just wondered.