Dear Someone,

There are many things in your letter to respond to, but before we get to that I must inform you right away that I did in fact see a zebra at Padmore Park today! You might suppose zebras are rather benign as far as exotic animals go, but he (she, it?) did try to put hooves through the auror who was attempting to capture it, so apparently they can be dangerous enough in their own way. No missing limbs, though, for anyone (including the zebra); I have escaped without incident. And I met a young woman who seems to know a lot about zebras, which I think is worth investigating further — how do debutantes in England come to learn so much about African herd animals, anyway? She must be an interesting sort.

But to the point of your letter: You need not apologize for the presumption as I don't believe I stated a preference one way or another in my advertisement; I only said a partner in minor adventures. I would not have been adverse to female companionship, but neither am I adverse to ... bending some of the rules society has handed down to me. I've been bending rules in other areas for long enough. This does mean, however, that we are limited either to the sorts of places a young woman can reach whilst chaperoned during the daylight hours (which would perhaps be less adventurous than we might wish, by virtue of that fact) or to some adventuring which can be conducted at night. I think I could safely steal away two or three hours of any given night if I waited until the right moment to slip out the window, when everyone else was already asleep.

Of course, if I'm stealing out like a thief in the night for an adventure it would have to be something worth all the effort — can you think of any midnight romps that would merit all the trouble?

Sincerely,
Adventurous