8 June, 1895 - Foxwood House, London

Apologies for my extended silence; the end of every season is always a transitional period for my vocation.

I return to you a piece of worn leather with a very interesting alchemical composition. It took a few tries of my, albeit, somewhat unpracticed skills to consider moving way from the purely transfigurative and more towards the compositional. In the end a practical application of both was needed and I find myself curiouser and curiouser as to these trials!

In the weeks since our last correspondence, I have found my time split between a topic of separate interest for my own publication and the world of the alchemist. I must offer a word of gratitude for your sparking such an interest; I feel like a school boy again for the first time in many years! Have you read the recent works of Dr. Hieronymus Quince? I've found my way through about half of his Amber Crucible* and three scrolls worth of parchment later I found my answer to your riddle. Fascinating chap, and with a rather unique style.

I await further communication.

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