ORDER ONLY: More work to do

[alt_sirius]

Malfoy's instructions to the Dover and Calais agents were clear: we had to provide proof that Victor died (not to mention that was off his nut).

Well, Agatha and I talked about it and she's going to check on my house, says it'll be safer that way. If the coast is clear, she'll let me know and I can join her there. That leaves me here to deal with the agencies and clear Laszlo's name so we don't have to start over.

Last night, I broke into a Muggle morgue. I transfigured the face of a John Doe to look like the disguise I used for Victor, and took a photograph. Grisly business. Then I snagged some official documents on the way out so that I could falsify a death certificate.

The proving he was mad part is a little more difficult. I thought of modifying some memories, but it's exceedingly difficult to insert memories of someone who never existed. I may have to hire some actors, get their statements, and present them, and hope it's enough.

In some ways it might be easier to simply create a new business, but Laszlo already has contacts in places we need. I'm buggered if I'm going to waste all that time. Plus, it's as good as admitting that we were lying to give up, not when we've supposedly got a legitimate case.

I wonder how difficult it will be to obtain a Czechoslovakian doctor's note certifying Victor's diagnosis?

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[alt_arthur]

The things we do for the Order.

I'm wracking my brains, trying to think of someone, anyone I know on the continent who could help. Molly had a muggle cousin, an accountant, whom we managed to warn in time before the wards came down, and we think he did manage to get out of the country in time, but don't know for sure. If he did, he would be in France, I think. William Henderson, related to Molly through the Prewetts. His wife's name is Melissa, and they have two boys, Joseph and Roger. The reason that I think of him is that before he fled, I believe he worked in a hospital accounting department. If he managed to find a similar job on the continent, he might be able to do something, and after all, he owes us a favour. . . .

Just talked to Molly. I'm still laughing. All right, she says that if you do manage to find him, tell him his cousin Molly Prewett sends her regards, and wants him to know that she never ever peached on him about what he did with his sister's frog, and she hopes, based on that, and on the fact that we helped him get out in time, that he'll help you get whatever you need.

Don't know if that'll be a magic talisman, Sirius. But it's the best I've got.

Other than that--Minerva, do we have any lists of trustworthy ex-pats who might be able to assist Sirius?

[alt_sirius]

Arthur, any idea where your Henderson may have settled last? Paris? Nice? Reims?

I'm heading out from Ulm in the morning, I think, and I'll be moving in a generally French direction. If you and Molly think you might know where to start looking, that'd be a help.

Cheers.

[alt_arthur]

Molly thought they intended to try to stay near the coast in the north. She said to try Le Havre or Rouen.