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alt_nymphadora) wrote2013-07-05 08:39 pm
alt_nymphadora) wrote2013-07-05 08:39 pm
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Frank, I'm back from Chipstead and seeing Irene Young.
For the rest of you: Young's the one who had a list of items for us of things her camp could use to make their lives a bit easier. When we delivered those things several weeks ago, she had thought of two more things they really hoped we'd find for them--dental tools and anti-infective ointments. She hesitated to ask--she was genuinely grateful for what we'd already brought them--and she asked if there were anything they could do for us. Frank and I talked about our hope that they'd be willing to be our eyes and ears in the camp and our contacts if we ever needed them, which she was happy to promise.
And then I also shared our list of people we've been hoping to locate or hear any report of, and this is the brilliant thing!
Today when I went back to deliver the dental equipment and the ointments, she told me that she'd realised she does know one of the people on the list. Someone called Patty Elliot is there in the camp, but Young knew that's not always been the name she went by. She said this Patty's proper name is actually Petunia.
She also said that 'Patty' seems a bit off character for this woman. That was one reason it came to her--that and the fact that you don't meet too many people called Petunia, at all. Anywiz, this woman's a bit... 'sour' and 'crisp' were the words she used, I think. She's married now to a bloke called Walter Elliot, but that's been since she came to Chipstead, and Young knew she'd had another marriage earlier in life. She didn't know for certain whether Mrs Elliot has any children--she's not had any with Mr Elliot.
I asked Sirius when I got home, and he said the description sounds just like what he'd heard from James Potter about Petunia Dursley. I don't know. The physical description Young gave doesn't really narrow it down--she's apparently on the tallish side of medium height, has greying hair, and is thin and wiry with very correct posture. I mean, that rules out plump, slouchy, young people, but honestly, it's a perfectly reasonable description of an awful lot of women in the camps.
I asked if it would be possible to meet her, and Young thinks it could be arranged, but it would require a bit of planning.
So that's my report. Frank: have you been able to get back to see Margery Birdwhistle again?
For the rest of you: Young's the one who had a list of items for us of things her camp could use to make their lives a bit easier. When we delivered those things several weeks ago, she had thought of two more things they really hoped we'd find for them--dental tools and anti-infective ointments. She hesitated to ask--she was genuinely grateful for what we'd already brought them--and she asked if there were anything they could do for us. Frank and I talked about our hope that they'd be willing to be our eyes and ears in the camp and our contacts if we ever needed them, which she was happy to promise.
And then I also shared our list of people we've been hoping to locate or hear any report of, and this is the brilliant thing!
Today when I went back to deliver the dental equipment and the ointments, she told me that she'd realised she does know one of the people on the list. Someone called Patty Elliot is there in the camp, but Young knew that's not always been the name she went by. She said this Patty's proper name is actually Petunia.
She also said that 'Patty' seems a bit off character for this woman. That was one reason it came to her--that and the fact that you don't meet too many people called Petunia, at all. Anywiz, this woman's a bit... 'sour' and 'crisp' were the words she used, I think. She's married now to a bloke called Walter Elliot, but that's been since she came to Chipstead, and Young knew she'd had another marriage earlier in life. She didn't know for certain whether Mrs Elliot has any children--she's not had any with Mr Elliot.
I asked Sirius when I got home, and he said the description sounds just like what he'd heard from James Potter about Petunia Dursley. I don't know. The physical description Young gave doesn't really narrow it down--she's apparently on the tallish side of medium height, has greying hair, and is thin and wiry with very correct posture. I mean, that rules out plump, slouchy, young people, but honestly, it's a perfectly reasonable description of an awful lot of women in the camps.
I asked if it would be possible to meet her, and Young thinks it could be arranged, but it would require a bit of planning.
So that's my report. Frank: have you been able to get back to see Margery Birdwhistle again?
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Can't imagine her going by 'Patty,' though ....
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I suppose it was just that story about James seeing her- I'm sure it's more amusing in the telling (and if you weren't the one it happened to). Somehow I can't quite feel sorry for her, though.