Private Message to Aurora Sinistra
Dec. 23rd, 2012 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_narcissaAurora,
Do forgive me for writing so late in the day; it has been rather a long one.
I wanted to thank you for your efforts yesterday - you and Razzer. Believe me, I appreciate your subtle attempts to fill in where I could not. Friday was a very long (and trying) night.
Which, I understand, you learned in a rather rude way. I'm so sorry, on behalf of Mrs Selwyn. I heard she was much the worse for the wine, so please, don't believe her bluntness in any way characteristic. She'd suffered a terrible fright - though that does not excuse her behaviour, of course.
Tosha says that he and Razzer saw to you in the aftermath. I'm just so dreadfully embarrassed that it happened under my roof.
If I know Chloe at all, she bitterly regretted her intemperance by light of day (and recovery of wits). Please, don't hold her harsh words against her. She's really a lovely person - normally.
And thank you again, for your ample assistance throughout the evening. I hope we can spend another day together soon, under less stressful circumstances.
-Narcissa
Do forgive me for writing so late in the day; it has been rather a long one.
I wanted to thank you for your efforts yesterday - you and Razzer. Believe me, I appreciate your subtle attempts to fill in where I could not. Friday was a very long (and trying) night.
Which, I understand, you learned in a rather rude way. I'm so sorry, on behalf of Mrs Selwyn. I heard she was much the worse for the wine, so please, don't believe her bluntness in any way characteristic. She'd suffered a terrible fright - though that does not excuse her behaviour, of course.
Tosha says that he and Razzer saw to you in the aftermath. I'm just so dreadfully embarrassed that it happened under my roof.
If I know Chloe at all, she bitterly regretted her intemperance by light of day (and recovery of wits). Please, don't hold her harsh words against her. She's really a lovely person - normally.
And thank you again, for your ample assistance throughout the evening. I hope we can spend another day together soon, under less stressful circumstances.
-Narcissa
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Date: 2012-12-24 04:19 am (UTC)Not late at all by my usual standards, but it is very good to hear from you. (I'd thought about writing this afternoon, but adding one more thing to your list of concerns seemed hardly the thing. Especially since it could wait.)
Honestly, I wish I could have done more to help, given the undercurrents all evening. That conversation did shake me, more than a bit, and it took me a while to get my composure back. I admit I ended up hiding for a bit longer than I should have. (That salon overlooking the garden was just the place, and lovely.)
Raz was wonderful when he finally got free, and Tosha when he got a moment for a note - and from the little they've said about their other business, I gather it was far more important. Please don't worry one bit on your own account: I have enough of an idea of how much you were managing, and you certainly could not be everywhere.
As to Chloe Selwyn, well. Yes, she was very blunt. And harsh. And in the worst way. But it'd be unfair to hold it against her. As you say, she'd had a very difficult day or so, and it's understandable that all might come pouring out somewhere. It - well, it's given me a lot to think about, of course.
I'd love another day together, or some time to talk, whenever it might be managed, though of course the holiday commitments do not make that easy. But do let me know if I can be of help anywhere else. It's easier, for me, the social part, when I've got some purpose, even if that's just keeping a conversation going pleasantly.
Aurora