Private Message to Barty Crouch, Jr

Is there something you've not told me about work lately - something about more threats? Your mother seems to think you dare not set foot inside or out for fear of assassins.

I found somewhat more unlikely her notion that your servants would allow anyone into Marlborough on pretext without your express arrangement.

You may have gathered she dragged herself to the WI yesterday, and I heard her tell Aleta that she absolutely intends to be at Monday's lecture, although she was several times assured that the event has been managed expertly by Diana.

Tell me what I can do to convince her she needs to give up her responsibilities and withdraw, particularly if she persists in spreading wild and unsettling rumours about the attention you have attracted from those villains in that DogStar group. Beyond the impropriety of the tales, it would best for her own health to avoid further shocking her system.

She seemed to believe your father would object strenuously to any semblance of shirking on her part.