Alfred,
December 31st
Happy New Year's! By the time you get this letter, it will be 1895. Hopefully you're reading my note before you open the other piece of paper — Orion wanted to send you a drawing he did of Yorick, which we all agree looks just like her with his new drawing pencils that he received for Hanukkah. (I anticipate more drawings will follow. I shall continue to explain them.)
Everyone is a bit overwrought after so many trips to Hogsmeade — we actually spent last night at my father's for ease, which he loved, but was a bit of a dire routine change for the children after they had so much excitement with their cousins and the sufganiyot and late bedtimes for so many evenings. (I'm bringing them to your brother's next time we head over — sufganiyot, obviously, not late bedtimes or the other Fisk cousins. Even Christian children should have the joy of jelly doughnuts.) So we're going to stay at the Sanditon tonight, everyone is having an early bedtime, and perhaps we shall find our way to the Padmore Park celebrations tomorrow (it's reopening.)
Anyways, the other reason I'm writing is that Ari announced yesterday that he's going to a private institution to get well. I know that there was so much else going on when we started realizing that there was something odd with him, but I just feel so guilty — he's quitting the hospital! And obviously things never got better in the way we hoped, if he has to go away and leave his work. I hope this helps. I really, really hope this helps.
Anyways — much love from all of us. Tell us how the Voyager is, and we're all very excited to see you in the New Year!
Everyone is a bit overwrought after so many trips to Hogsmeade — we actually spent last night at my father's for ease, which he loved, but was a bit of a dire routine change for the children after they had so much excitement with their cousins and the sufganiyot and late bedtimes for so many evenings. (I'm bringing them to your brother's next time we head over — sufganiyot, obviously, not late bedtimes or the other Fisk cousins. Even Christian children should have the joy of jelly doughnuts.) So we're going to stay at the Sanditon tonight, everyone is having an early bedtime, and perhaps we shall find our way to the Padmore Park celebrations tomorrow (it's reopening.)
Anyways, the other reason I'm writing is that Ari announced yesterday that he's going to a private institution to get well. I know that there was so much else going on when we started realizing that there was something odd with him, but I just feel so guilty — he's quitting the hospital! And obviously things never got better in the way we hoped, if he has to go away and leave his work. I hope this helps. I really, really hope this helps.
Anyways — much love from all of us. Tell us how the Voyager is, and we're all very excited to see you in the New Year!
Z
J. Alfred Darrow
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