Concerning Last Night

[Augustus Davis]

March 9, 1883

My Mentor, the Great Mr. Gregory Fletcher,

I apologize for walking out so abruptly last night, but the bitterness of the drink and my sister's recent elopement were too much for me to bear publicly, especially when you suffer as well.? I walked home and I thought long and hard why I do what I do and to what purpose.? I feel disconnected with life and any meaning and am frustrated by everything that life seems to unfairly throw in my directions.? (I am not alluding to our training, merely my social and familial circumstances.)? I'm not certain why I'm penning you this letter, but I guess it is to write that I have always appreciated your friendship.? You are the only other person that keeps in contact with me.? I feel desolately alone; my presence is rarely acknowledged by others.? Last night, included.? Perhaps the only purpose that drives me to this date is my training and now to speak on the behalf of our wronged brother - Ex-Auror Mr. Benedict Bates.

I am unsure who to turn to - you being my last and only friend, but I think I am going to try to look for a healer to provide some relief from the darkness that has taken root in my soul.

Worn and torn and somewhat dramatic,
Mr. Augustus Davis