<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f2/Beardycox.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Avery Burnham<br/><strong>Faction:</strong>Law Dogs (1)<br/><strong>Date:</strong>May 14th, 1876<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Burnham Detective Agency<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Letty<br/><hr/><br/>Avery had watched as Letty grew more animated, some of the embarrassment temporarily peeling away to reveal the angry and passionate young woman beneath.  It brought to mind the figure from the other night, the one cursing under her breath and knocking back free whiskeys like a sailor, and somehow that was a good thing.  He found he preferred that Letty over the one who'd entered with downcast eyes and mumbled apologies for wasting his time.  It didn't quite suit her it seemed to him.  He rather liked the rougher talking freer spirited woman it seemed.  That was an unusual preference for him actually.  Throughout his life he had styled himself a man of refined tastes and interests with a taste for women of genteel bearings and practiced grace.  Not unlike the charming Ms. Whateley actually.  And she had proven quite a headache under all the lace, hadn't she?  They usually did.<br/><br/>Perhaps the west was simply rubbing off on him despite himself.  Or perhaps he just preferred people to be themselves.  He had a feeling Letty was not a wilting flower in most circumstances.  And a part of him was rather curious to know just what she would do if he should find this mysterious letter writer of hers.  He suspected the man might not enjoy the encounter.  He wondered if Letty would either though.  Avery considered that he might just be hunting up more disappointment for the young woman, keeping a raw wound open and preventing a broken heart from properly mending.  It was her choice to make though.  The challenge of it intrigued him too much to set it aside now.<br/><br/>"Very good then.  I believe we have a deal, Ms. Sanchez.  I only hope you don't end up feeling I've gotten the better end of it.  I may not be able to produce the man, after all."  He followed that with his most charming confident smile though, as if to suggest such a result was highly unlikely.  Avery lacked no confidence when it came to his ability.  If her mystery correspondent was still in Gomorra, he would locate him.  There couldn't that many men possessed of a silver tongue and facility with a pen in this wolf's den of fortune hunters and hired killers.  Most of the citizenry likely signed their documents with a ‘X’ if at all.  "My office here is fine for the lessons if you so like, or I can make the trip out to your ranch.  I wouldn't mind speaking with…Aggie, was it?  She may know more than she thinks actually.  Sometimes it is easy to overlook what seem everyday details, things that might provide a clue to outside eyes."  It would also keep Ms. Sanchez safe from any tongues that frequent visits to his office alone might start to wagging.  Still trying to preserve her reputation, it seemed, he thought with an inward smile.  "I'd also like to see one of these letters he sent.  Perhaps something less…personal?  A sample of the penmanship may help me find the man easier."  And some insight into his mind would not hurt either.  Had he been making up verses to charm Joe's would-be fiance or stealing them from poets?  The latter would suggest a man of some education, possibly even breeding.<br/><br/>So a lovely little mystery.  Just the thing to pick up his spirits perhaps, after too many nights chasing phantom poisoners and playing the fool for money.<br/><br/>"Perhaps I might stop in around this time next week?  Or during the evening?  Although Sunday might be inconvenient for you, now that I think on it.  Perhaps you can just send one of those…what do they call them, whipperchaps with a note, if you like.  For the moment, I suspect you were on the way to church so I won't keep you any longer…"  Avery stood in order to walk her to the door politely.  "So good to see you again though, Ms. Sanchez, truly.  I do so very much look forward to our working together."