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[alt_severus]

I apologise for my unavailability this afternoon; I was pressed into service to stand at the ready for MLE and could do nothing to call attention to myself. As you have no doubt seen, they have given up the search for Miss Fawcett, and are declaring her dead. Alice, please pass along to the girl that I will likely be called upon to remove her belongings from her room: while I am unlikely to be able to redirect them all, if there are any items she feels particularly sentimental towards, she should provide a list and I will do what I might to obtain them for her.

Mister Jordan, if the Messrs Weasley are still in distress and you believe they cannot wait for the spell to wear off naturally: I cannot think of any reason for Milland to make an appearance in the Gryffindor dormitory, but if you can bring them to Milland's office surreptitiously, I will examine them to see if it can be broken without risk to them.

Comments

[alt_molly]

Here's what I have to report from my end, after exchanging comments with Director Selwyn. And, ugh, the Headmistress.

I told the Director that I had no intention of letting the boys be cursed again tomorrow morning. I think he made that in turn quite clear to the Headmistress when he wrote to her, because SHE then said to me, 'I trust your sons have now seen the error of their ways, and will not require me to renew the charm.' Lee, I would be grateful if you and Ron and Ginny could make they get a good breakfast and get to class without stopping at the horrible woman's office along the way.

If they feel up to going to class, of course. They may not. Oh, dear.

Another thing that Director Selwyn told me was that she is being called in to answer to the Lord Protector. Perhaps a week from tomorrow or so. Selwyn confided that he did not think she would be coming back to Hogwarts after that meeting.

Alice, do you think this means we should hold off on the plans to poison her? With luck, she'll be gone very soon anyway, and the less investigations here, the better.

[alt_alice]

I believe we ought to continue with our own plans as a back-up, just in case.

The whims of His Mightiness are difficult to anticipate, after all. He may give her a medal for service to the school.

[alt_poppy]

I should certainly like to believe that Director Selwyn is correct about the brevity of her tenure.