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Mary Watson née Morstan ([personal profile] verypatientwoman) wrote in [community profile] dear_mun2012-01-22 08:38 pm

Homeless

Dear Miss Mundane,

while I am quite grateful for the free lodgings you have granted me, and am indeed rather flattered by your interest in my person, I would, if I may, like to make a modest request.

So far, your expression of my character has been fairly volatile. It is true that I prefer practicality over following any flighty fancy; such a mindset, however, does not necessarily lend the person possessing it to violent acts of the kind you have attributed me with. I am also beginning to feel somewhat distressed about the cynicism inherent in the way you seem to assume myself to perceive my marriage. John is a good, honest man; thinking of our union with that level of worldly misanthropy would border on disrespect.

With hope for continued and improved cooperation I remain respectfully yours,

Mary Watson

((ooc: non-graphic mention of rape in comment narrative.))
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[personal profile] ofquestionablememory 2012-01-26 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Difficulties being polite? Nonsense, Mrs. Watson; Irene is a far more continental creature than you are, whatever her roots. She's quite capable of being absolutely the most decorous of ladies.]

[Everything quite as it should be, indeed. Though a curious choice of question for Mary.]


I believe mine is having some difficulty determining how precisely one would bridge the gap between a childhood on the east coast of America and my... current occupation. But I have no doubt we shall work it out in time, with cooperation.