Back in the day, he and Fabian and Gideon used to go off on a tear whenever things got to be too much, and I think he just never sorted out any other way to handle it.
It must sound like I'm making excuses for him, but this past week was the first time he's had anything since this summer. He went off after we returned from our family trip where our petition was turned down, and Neville had been obliviated. He had to come back earlier than he'd expected because of the storm that hit us, and even though he'd sobered up as best as he could, Terry Boot could smell it on him.
So he's been trying.
He didn't drink a thing after Emmeline and Benjy and that awful mess in Ireland. Even though he wanted to. I could tell. But Arthur... well. Arthur hit him rather hard.
He's a soldier. In the middle of it all, he does what he must and keeps his head. When he's safe, that's when things get hard.
I know. I know.
It's a liability. And a weakness.
And he knows it too.
And you're right. He ought to see. Maybe it'll make it just that much harder next time around. We'll be by.
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Re: Private Message to Alice
Date: 2012-12-28 05:25 pm (UTC)It must sound like I'm making excuses for him, but this past week was the first time he's had anything since this summer. He went off after we returned from our family trip where our petition was turned down, and Neville had been obliviated. He had to come back earlier than he'd expected because of the storm that hit us, and even though he'd sobered up as best as he could, Terry Boot could smell it on him.
So he's been trying.
He didn't drink a thing after Emmeline and Benjy and that awful mess in Ireland. Even though he wanted to. I could tell. But Arthur... well. Arthur hit him rather hard.
He's a soldier. In the middle of it all, he does what he must and keeps his head. When he's safe, that's when things get hard.
I know. I know.
It's a liability. And a weakness.
And he knows it too.
And you're right. He ought to see. Maybe it'll make it just that much harder next time around. We'll be by.