December 19 1971
So Sirius was not at the train station when we went to pick him up. Mother is furious and as in most things Father is indifferent to anything involving his children. I am just upset. He didn’t tell me that he wasn’t going to be coming home and I just was really excited to be able to see him again. Mother has gone on and on about how horrible it will look to not be presenting the full family at the annual array of Christmas parties that we attend each year.
Honestly I’d think that she’d be pleased that he is not present to ruin the family name by saying something absurd. Maybe she just hasn't thought of it yet. I imagine that eventually she’ll realize that she gets to control all of what people hear about him, especially with the scandal of Sirius’ sorting. Mother has always been more of a pessimist so I don’t doubt that she wouldn’t even think of anything positive coming from Sirius’ blatant show of disrespect.
I’m just more sad that he didn’t even let me know that he would be staying at school. I know that we have been only able to talk every once in a while, but still he could have at least tried once he had decided that he wanted to stay with his friends. I just wish that he would have let me know so that I wouldn’t have gotten so excited for him to come home. Now I have to suffer through these horrible parties by myself and it will be so much more insufferable without him.
-RAB