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[alt_severus]

Having been back at Hogwarts for two hours, I would like to recant anything I may have muttered about the annoyance of tutoring teenagers; I would gladly spend another month cleaning up cauldron explosions and correcting chopping techniques if it meant I did not have to deal with that woman. (She is infuriated today: from listening to her ranting at supper, she appealed to Selwyn's department for authorisation to read all private messages coming into or out of Hogwarts, and was resoundingly denied.)

Poppy: I leave further tutoring in your hands. We concentrated this week on the Draught of Peace and the Wit-Sharpening Potion. For the remainder of the holiday I suggest you concentrate on the medicinals that are on the curriculum; I left those for your supervision. I suggest you attempt to hold Mr Weasley accountable for his lax attitude towards his studies, as I clearly have not succeeded in impressing upon him the seriousness of his study.

Black: I do not know if you are aware that several of the children have got into your library. You may wish to ensure none of the books walk away with them.

Minerva: I will contact you as soon as I am aware of a time that Dolores will be out of the castle for an extended period so that we might enter your office to check the book.

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[alt_sirius]

I don't have to ensure anything, Snape: Any book they shouldn't take with them would let them know it before it reached the Floo. Some of them before they reach the stairs.

[alt_poppy]

Thank you, Severus.

I'm rather looking forward to my time with them.

I shall attempt to hold the youngest Mr Weasley's feet to the fire. Assuming he does not take the opportunity to shift subjects with the new week. Are there others who seem particularly in need of attention with respect to their brewing skills?

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[alt_severus]

One never remembers what one wished to convey until one has left.

prep № 2: try ℥⅞ aa hlsbore, chrysanth; dil q f℥viii morning dew (must be gathered before sun is fully risen and never allowed to touch metal)

prep № 5: try ℥v arusseus masis -- if violent reaction persists, combine with leaves of aconitum napellus

prep № 8: try f℥iii to f℥x limonum oleum per f℥⅕ q.¼°..q.½°, s.a. -- on second consideration fault was almost certainly adding too quickly, not too slowly as I'd originally thought.

I will await your detailed notes on each attempt.