Meriem Strout took out a letter and placed it in front of the curtain. "Your son told you that when the Christmas holiday comes, he'll come to see you..."
Hearing Meriem Strout say this, Agnes let out a bark, reached out a hand that was likewise covered in long hair and somewhat resembled a dog's paw, and snatched up the parchment envelope.
After Agnes took the envelope, Meriem Strout visibly let out a breath of relief and returned to Vizet and the others.
"Dear, let's head inside..." She raised a hand and gestured. "Frank and Alice are on the hospital beds inside."
When Vizet passed Agnes's hospital bed, he heard an extremely restrained whimper, as if she were crying.
Meriem Strout heard Agnes's whimpering too, and could only sigh somewhat helplessly.
She led the three of them to the two hospital beds. First, she peered into the curtains herself, then pulled them open as gently as she could.
Frank Longbottom lay on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, holding a robe whose exact style could no longer be made out.
Alice Longbottom sat sideways by the hospital bed, holding a candy jar in her hands. It was filled to the brim with Drooble's Best Blowing Gum.
Both of them looked extremely haggard. Because their bodies were so thin, their eyes seemed especially large. Their hair had already gone gray-white and looked utterly dull, like a mess of withered weeds.
Compared to Alice Longbottom, Frank Longbottom looked even more weathered, and there were more wrinkles on his body as well.
Vizet also noticed something: Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom did not have the scars caused by the Cruciatus Curse on them. This was different from Hecate Graves's situation.
Through Fenrir Greyback's memories, Vizet had once seen what Frank Longbottom