If I object to anything it is the way in which your re-entry to our circle has affected my wife, not my clerk! (Rest assured, I know better than to worry on that score. Besides, she is currently more perturbed by the seeming impossibility of taking a holiday that is not plagued by calamity. You can be sure, Toshenka, that if she ever begins to consider seriously that the life of an itinerant scholar's wife might be preferrable, I shall quash the impulse easily enough by revealing certain of your own foibles.)
Nonetheless I should have known you could not resist the opportunity to encourage any and all flies which have the fortune to land in the proximity of your web. Confess I merely thought you might be diverted by his visit; delighted that he proved useful in more than one way. (Hope you did not keep him over-long, however: You are correct that even though I am on holiday, he has more than enough chores to occupy his time!)
But I would caution you not to trouble yourself over-much with his education: He has proved acceptable, perhaps one might even go so far as to say, promising, but he does grate on polite company, so feel no compunction at all regarding ejecting him should he grow too insufferable. As for the family ... well. 'Common' rather encapsulates the whole household.
Arthur Weasley is undoubtedly a soft, sentimental blood-traitor of the worst kind but he manages to keep his nose infuriatingly clean. In what one can only guess is an attempt to single-handedly replace her brothers and more besides, Molly Prewett Weasley birthed a passel of boys and one girl, most of whom you shall soon see in your classrooms. Besides my clerk, there are two older brothers as well; one is stationed at the dragon preserve at Stornoway and the eldest has assumed the duties of secretary to our mutual friend Stephen. Thus far he seems to be the gem of the family but with tempering, 'Tertius,' as Minerva calls him, may yet lead us to the true nature of the rest.
Whether he does or no, believe you may already see the effect of good influence on his character. Have no illusions that he can truly rise above his poor breeding but the knowledge that his ideals are properly aligning (as is his ease with spells which, am sure, turn Arthur Weasley's stomach), was in itself of enough amusement value to have obtained his services.
His own merit as a clerk has - thus far - provided enough value to retain those services. (Much to my relief, I might add: Really, it is an exceptional effort to break in new ones when time and accuracy are of the essence.)
As to Charles' project, was more than happy to dispense with the volume altogether. Obscurus has no interest in publishing drivel. Feel free only to tell Charles that it is only good for pulp and he may reject it out of hand.
Now, it seems my presence is once again required by MLE.
Yours in anticipation of proper reunion, bratishka,
Re: Private Message to Lucius Malfoy
If I object to anything it is the way in which your re-entry to our circle has affected my wife, not my clerk! (Rest assured, I know better than to worry on that score. Besides, she is currently more perturbed by the seeming impossibility of taking a holiday that is not plagued by calamity. You can be sure, Toshenka, that if she ever begins to consider seriously that the life of an itinerant scholar's wife might be preferrable, I shall quash the impulse easily enough by revealing certain of your own foibles.)
Nonetheless I should have known you could not resist the opportunity to encourage any and all flies which have the fortune to land in the proximity of your web. Confess I merely thought you might be diverted by his visit; delighted that he proved useful in more than one way. (Hope you did not keep him over-long, however: You are correct that even though I am on holiday, he has more than enough chores to occupy his time!)
But I would caution you not to trouble yourself over-much with his education: He has proved acceptable, perhaps one might even go so far as to say, promising, but he does grate on polite company, so feel no compunction at all regarding ejecting him should he grow too insufferable. As for the family ... well. 'Common' rather encapsulates the whole household.
Arthur Weasley is undoubtedly a soft, sentimental blood-traitor of the worst kind but he manages to keep his nose infuriatingly clean. In what one can only guess is an attempt to single-handedly replace her brothers and more besides, Molly Prewett Weasley birthed a passel of boys and one girl, most of whom you shall soon see in your classrooms. Besides my clerk, there are two older brothers as well; one is stationed at the dragon preserve at Stornoway and the eldest has assumed the duties of secretary to our mutual friend Stephen. Thus far he seems to be the gem of the family but with tempering, 'Tertius,' as Minerva calls him, may yet lead us to the true nature of the rest.
Whether he does or no, believe you may already see the effect of good influence on his character. Have no illusions that he can truly rise above his poor breeding but the knowledge that his ideals are properly aligning (as is his ease with spells which, am sure, turn Arthur Weasley's stomach), was in itself of enough amusement value to have obtained his services.
His own merit as a clerk has - thus far - provided enough value to retain those services. (Much to my relief, I might add: Really, it is an exceptional effort to break in new ones when time and accuracy are of the essence.)
As to Charles' project, was more than happy to dispense with the volume altogether. Obscurus has no interest in publishing drivel. Feel free only to tell Charles that it is only good for pulp and he may reject it out of hand.
Now, it seems my presence is once again required by MLE.
Yours in anticipation of proper reunion, bratishka,
-L