I have decided to divorce Lucius, for reasons that are not general knowledge. He will likely be spending the next several years in Azkaban for the Dark Arts materials that the Aurors found when they raided Malfoy Manor earlier this evening. I would be willing to tolerate that, if there was anything to the marriage any longer, but, there isn't. It is incredibly difficult to admit this to anyone, but, the only way I am going to convince you of my sincerity is by being completely honest. To state it baldly, Lucius has been physically and sexually abusing me for as long as we have been married, except for a brief time when I was pregnant with Draco. When the Aurors broke in, they found me bent over a table with bruises and blood all over my back and legs. He was in the process of sodomizing me with the head of that cane he carried. It is only because of the massive amount of healing potions I've consumed that I am able to stay conscious and write this letter.