Summer 1890

Dempsey,

Heard the news. Narrow miss. Not sure if I should be impressed or worried.

Just wanted to make sure you're alright.

DH

  

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Hudson,
Do you refer to the time I caught my foot on the dock at the Sanditon and nearly missed the sailboat? Surely you cannot mean the dueling incident, over a year after the threat was levied; your quill may be messy but it is not so slow as that.

But be impressed, if you like. I should like to picture you agape with wonder at my misadventures.

Dempsey

  

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Summer 1890

Dempsey,

I cannot keep up with all of your misadventures. Clearly you're fine. Will you at least attempt to stay out of trouble?

For the record, I always found you impressive.

DH

  

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Hudson,
You of all people should know better than to try and compel promises from me that I cannot possibly keep. Of course I shan't stay out of trouble.

Dempsey

  

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Summer 1890

Dempsey,

And you of all people should know I only wanted what was best for you.

DH

  

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Hudson,
Si preocupadas para mi seguridad, habrías escrito al enterarte de la noticia del duelo. Si preocupadas para mi reputación, habría escrito a mi regreso a England. Si preocupadas para mi corazón, habrías escrito mientras estaba solo en Spain. Te preocupas para ti solamente. Sea tranquilo. No me importa.

Dempsey

[* less some errors, this translates: If you worried for my safety you would have written on hearing of the duel. If you worried for my reputation you would have written when I returned to England. If you worried for my heart you would have written when I was alone in Spain. You worry about yourself. Be at ease. It doesn't matter to me.]

  

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Summer 1890

Dempsey,

I was still drinking myself into a stupor in while you were fabricating duels; I had to pick myself up out of the bottle while you were alone in Spain; this is me reaching out.

And I would do it again, in every lifetime.

DH

*multiple copies, written in every language Dean speaks, and the final one was on the back, in English

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When he first received the bundle of parchment and unfolded the top one, he thought this was petulance. And fine, he had been petulant, writing in Spanish for no reason other than it would be an inconvenience for Hudson, but this seemed a bit much. He flipped through them with only a cursory glance until he reached the final one, in English. In every lifetime. He knew French well enough to read it without extra assistance and saw that it matched the last letter. Dans chaque vie. He fetched a dictionary and translated the Greek. Se káthe zoí. Italian: in ogni vita. It was a beautiful phrase in every language. Don Juan was overwhelmed. It took him hours to compose his response.

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Hudson,
Don't be stupid.

Dempsey

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Summer 1890

Dempsey,

You've always been able to bring out the stupid in me.

DH

  

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