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Nov. 2nd, 2010 11:48 amPerhaps yesterday was not the most auspicious day for Lucius' interim clerk to make a start. I hope today's task list doesn't overwhelm the poor man. My husband's calendar is always challenging but yesterday's confusion was a trial by fire, from the sound of it. Lucius had to cancel all our plans to spend the afternoon in Exeter.
At least we did manage to have supper together - not, as planned, at Portico, but here at home, which may have been all the better for its solitude. The latest news from Hogwarts has had a profound effect on us all. Between updates arriving on the search for their intruder and the litany of errors by which Lucius' new clerk made a bad day somewhat worse, it was not the most romantic of meals one might have hoped to have. I suppose by now I ought to be used to the inconvenience of a stateswizard's life: Trouble will invariably come round about this time of year.
But there is always some point of progress to keep us standing firm. Recently we had news from the French Guardiens which ought to lay to rest these bothersome rumours that the traitor Sirius Black is not only alive, but has secreted himself within our borders once more. As undignified as it may be, I was asked to assist by providing some materials to them that may well turn out to be the key to confirming his ultimate end. It is well worth the cost if it will expose the impostors who have been using his name as ridiculous frauds.
In all the excitement surrounding Our Lord's birthday celebrations, I'm sure I have been neglecting my own regimen. Perhaps after lunch I shall visit the club.
At least we did manage to have supper together - not, as planned, at Portico, but here at home, which may have been all the better for its solitude. The latest news from Hogwarts has had a profound effect on us all. Between updates arriving on the search for their intruder and the litany of errors by which Lucius' new clerk made a bad day somewhat worse, it was not the most romantic of meals one might have hoped to have. I suppose by now I ought to be used to the inconvenience of a stateswizard's life: Trouble will invariably come round about this time of year.
But there is always some point of progress to keep us standing firm. Recently we had news from the French Guardiens which ought to lay to rest these bothersome rumours that the traitor Sirius Black is not only alive, but has secreted himself within our borders once more. As undignified as it may be, I was asked to assist by providing some materials to them that may well turn out to be the key to confirming his ultimate end. It is well worth the cost if it will expose the impostors who have been using his name as ridiculous frauds.
In all the excitement surrounding Our Lord's birthday celebrations, I'm sure I have been neglecting my own regimen. Perhaps after lunch I shall visit the club.
