August 5th 1894

Dear Miss DeCroix

I trust this letter finds you in good health, and I very much hope it finds you in good spirits.

As our last conversation is still very much on my mind, I feel obliged to ask for your forgiveness for the sudden manner of my appearing. My valet thinks it a less permissible youthful folly than I do, and sometimes his admonishments make me wonder.

Now that I am better informed about your circumstances, it occurred to me that sending you flowers again might call undue attention to our continued acquaintance, so I forgo the gesture. But be very much assured that I think you deserving of all the flowers the shop would permit me to order at once.

As it happens, my little sister Hester is going to be a first-year at Hogwarts this year, and I plan to join the entourage for King's Cross and look around in search of your lovely face.

I shall greet your maman very politely and be on my best behavior.

If this sounds at all agreeable to you, please do not hesitate to reply at your convenience.

I remain, dear Miss Violetta, at your service,

Victor Frey

P.S.: You did not happen to visit the lake in Padmore Park yesterday, did you? I thought I saw someone, but it might have been someone else.