My dear wayward friend,
Please accept my humblest apologies for the vague and abrupt nature of my last letter. The eyes if our enemies were too many and their minions have even gone so far as to hide my writing implements!
Fortunately this has been remedied and the culprits disposed of.
Bless your sturdy nature and thorough research for your studies have led me to the doorstep of a man known only by the name on the toe tag he was found wearing at a morgue in Liverpool before he was found to be not dead but near comatose.
Upon waking he described the following to me and I found it pertinent to report to your wise ears.
Yours in faith,
Midas Pen
MY DEAREST COMPANION IN ARMS STOP
THE VISCOUNT IS CLOSING IN ON ME STOP
I HAVE LEFT MY RESEARCH WHERE YOU BURNT YOUR FIRST LETTER STOP
PRAY FOR US ALL STOP
DRAKESMOUTH
My troubled friend and dearest lost soul,
Your research confirmed my worst fears over the patient known only as John Doe. All symptoms match so perfectly I daresay he that, when our research is published (preferably, but not necessarily post-mortem), will be considered the textbook case that defined this disease.
I have taken to naming it after your deceased brother (G-D rest his remains, please G-D let his remains rest!) in memory of his brave sacrifice in Geneva. We must never forget that his self-immolation gave us the time needed to hide our notes from our enemies, lest they take our creation and spread it further than our accident has already.
Reports have come through my network bringing news both as bad and worse than we had previously hoped. I hate to be the bearer of such sorrows but it would seem that our pathogen has become airborne and has reached as far as northern Tunisia.
Oh my last and truest friend, we must make amends!
Yours in faith, as always,
Midas Pen
MIDAS STOP
YOUR SOURCES HAVE BEEN LYING STOP
TUNISIA FELL JULY 29TH STOP
ONLY THE SEAS ARE SAFE STOP
I BEG YOU - JOIN ME ABOARD THE QUEEN CAROLINA STOP
WE WILL WAIT FOR 3 MORE DAYS STOP
DRAKESMOUTH
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