Order Only: Peploes again
Feb. 12th, 2013 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_siriusFrank, how's little Tim settling in to the nursery?
For the rest of you: We managed to get him away from Mr and Mrs Peploe today. We talked about offering them the chance to do what was right, and being prepared in case it didn't go well this time round. In the end, just as we were approaching the Peploes' quarters, we overheard them in the midst of quarrelling.
We held up a moment to listen. I shan't repeat the invective Mrs Peploe was shrieking at her husband but - well, Frank and I decided then and there that modifying their memories and getting young Bartemius away from them as quickly as possible was the best course.
We Confunded them long enough to sign the baby's death parchments and leave a copy with them. (I've got the Ministry copies and Dora can pass them to Nick on her next shift.) Then before we left, we made the suggestion to them that both their children had died of a defect which would surely afflict any third child, if they tried again.
Yes, I know. But given that they've already had two children, both of whom were born magical, we thought it best not to have to do this a third time.
Should've written earlier but I'd only just got back to Doughty Conduit and there was a sudden and immediate need for a certain young miss to have a bath. Then she required that 'Sinbad' accompany her on her goodnight rounds and - well. We've only just got her to go to sleep.
For the rest of you: We managed to get him away from Mr and Mrs Peploe today. We talked about offering them the chance to do what was right, and being prepared in case it didn't go well this time round. In the end, just as we were approaching the Peploes' quarters, we overheard them in the midst of quarrelling.
We held up a moment to listen. I shan't repeat the invective Mrs Peploe was shrieking at her husband but - well, Frank and I decided then and there that modifying their memories and getting young Bartemius away from them as quickly as possible was the best course.
We Confunded them long enough to sign the baby's death parchments and leave a copy with them. (I've got the Ministry copies and Dora can pass them to Nick on her next shift.) Then before we left, we made the suggestion to them that both their children had died of a defect which would surely afflict any third child, if they tried again.
Yes, I know. But given that they've already had two children, both of whom were born magical, we thought it best not to have to do this a third time.
Should've written earlier but I'd only just got back to Doughty Conduit and there was a sudden and immediate need for a certain young miss to have a bath. Then she required that 'Sinbad' accompany her on her goodnight rounds and - well. We've only just got her to go to sleep.
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Date: 2013-02-13 03:57 am (UTC)not proud of what we had to do, but I'm glad they have one another.
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Date: 2013-02-13 04:12 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Frank
Date: 2013-02-13 04:13 am (UTC)me too.
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Date: 2013-02-13 07:16 pm (UTC)Better than 'Barty' and 'Bellatrix.'
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