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[alt_antonin]

Students: My apologies for the short notice, but today's office hours will be cancelled, as well as all classes save the sixth-year morning session.

Third-year practical students, kindly read pages 32 through 40 of the Clement-Chichester and take notes. Fifth-year theoretical students: using the reading we have been doing and what you have learnt in Defence as background, write 12-15 inches exploring curse intensifiers, how they are used, and how they can be employed to work around basic measures of self-defence.

Unless otherwise specified, I will be in my office for office hours tomorrow morning, and available through lunchtime tomorrow, for anyone who is having difficulty with the reading.

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Private message to Barty

[alt_antonin]

Summoned to His presence again. I trust that He only wishes to continue our conversation and that there is no need to worry, but I will let you know when I return.

If He would only give me more than a few hours' notice I could at least arrange for someone to cover my lectures, dammit

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_crouch_jr]

Take time for supper after?

(Supposing He doesn't require you to remain late.)

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_antonin]

I'm sorry, love; I did get held up afterwards. I'm only getting back to the castle now. Our Lord kept me until at least suppertime, and then Lyoushka Lucius and I had a bit of a public fight and I went out afterwards. I'll let you know later and in person what happened (the short version: He wanted someone's brains to pick, and nothing has changed with Lucius).

I am very tempted to cancel classes again this morning and get some real sleep, but at least I'm not scheduled until later in the morning. I can miss breakfast; that should be enough.

Exhaustedly, T

Order Only

[alt_justin]

Cedric,

I say, old chap, any idea what that's about? One shall show proper concern at the end of today's lesson, what, but does his absence represent something the Order can use for leverage in some way?

-Justin

Re: Order Only

[alt_cedric]

He as been called away to Court on extremely short notice. I have no details on topic or nature of the meetings. He was nervous before that first one. Less so this time. He is however not happy about the meetings, or at least not happy about their unscheduled nature. "Bloody great inconvenience" was uttered at least once this morning.

Re: Order Only

[alt_justin]

I spoke to him, quite briefly, after the lesson, to tell him I hoped these last-moment cancellations weren't a reflection on his health, what, or anything else of a serious nature.

He merely said that he was of course at the Lord Protector's service, whenever and however it was required, but that simply being summoned to Voldemort's side did not necessarily signify anything consequential.

In point of fact, he was rather too nonchalant about it, if you follow me.

-Justin