Indeed, my thanks, Barty. For your quick response as well as alerting me at Narcissa's request.
Has he talked yet? Do let me know when Truncheon has wrung every useful drop of information from him. I've a few ideas to make him pay dearly for his violation.
As to the greater threat ... I thought under the circumstances Narcissa ought to show reasonably unconcerned to-night but you know as well as I how distraught she has been about her ordeal. And no wonder. I can understand her desire to keep me from worrying, particularly with our negotiations for the Cup Exhibition and the Tournament so near to completion yet requiring so much diplomacy at present. Still, I could have insisted on a protection detail for her had I known the extent of the menace being aimed in her direction. Grateful, naturally, that you have done what you could to provide her with some measure of intervention - presume that was why you contrived to take your lunch so conveniently close to the Wiltonian? She should not have made it necessary to put you to the trouble; again, her desire for secrecy about being targetted puzzles and vexes me. Not your fault, of course. I think you'll agree that she can be maddeningly unfathomable at times.
Will speak to Crabbe to-morrow about assigning one of his hired wizards to her until we learn more about the device you recovered and whether this incident was in fact connected to the letters she has been receiving. Does Travers have those, by the way? Narcissa seems to think he might have.
Please convey our regards to your mother and our regrets that she was injured in the scuffle.
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Private Message to Barty Crouch, Jr.
Date: 2011-05-21 04:18 am (UTC)Has he talked yet? Do let me know when Truncheon has wrung every useful drop of information from him. I've a few ideas to make him pay dearly for his violation.
As to the greater threat ... I thought under the circumstances Narcissa ought to show reasonably unconcerned to-night but you know as well as I how distraught she has been about her ordeal. And no wonder. I can understand her desire to keep me from worrying, particularly with our negotiations for the Cup Exhibition and the Tournament so near to completion yet requiring so much diplomacy at present. Still, I could have insisted on a protection detail for her had I known the extent of the menace being aimed in her direction. Grateful, naturally, that you have done what you could to provide her with some measure of intervention - presume that was why you contrived to take your lunch so conveniently close to the Wiltonian? She should not have made it necessary to put you to the trouble; again, her desire for secrecy about being targetted puzzles and vexes me. Not your fault, of course. I think you'll agree that she can be maddeningly unfathomable at times.
Will speak to Crabbe to-morrow about assigning one of his hired wizards to her until we learn more about the device you recovered and whether this incident was in fact connected to the letters she has been receiving. Does Travers have those, by the way? Narcissa seems to think he might have.
Please convey our regards to your mother and our regrets that she was injured in the scuffle.