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alt_mcgonagall) wrote2008-10-24 10:20 pm
alt_mcgonagall) wrote2008-10-24 10:20 pm
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ORDER ONLY: Tea with Lucius.
Today I am so tightly wound that I suspect I thrum if you touch me.
Meeting with Lucius today was positively horrible. He, of course, is on to so many things I wish he wasn't - and none of it will likely lead to anything but of course there's the constant fear that it will. He isn't a Legilimens - but he might as well be, for all his probing questions.
Alice, I certainly hope that what Lupin was doing was worth it. Lucius wanted to know everything about it - whether he had told me where he'd gone, whether he'd had help, everything. I responded, of course, that he had been in the hospital wing but Lucius should have to ask Madam Pomfrey himself about Lupin's wounds; he seemed satisfied that I knew nothing about it. Which of course I don't. But I oughtn't have to protect him to Lucius, not with all the other things I must hide.
Oh, and there are plenty of other things I must hide. Before he got onto Lupin, he asked to see the book. Spent quite some time on 1983 in particular. The children from that year who were left out were Jane Dhesi and Felix Ferguson - Felix was the one who we took after the failed attempt for Dennis Creevey. Alice, of course you must be doubly and triply careful about it. They may be searching.
Next, some perceived slight to young Messrs Marvolo and Malfoy - I highly doubt that there is some grand conspiracy against them, no matter what has happened to Mr Marvolo's broom, although of course I mollified him by saying that I would look into it - and then he got on to the issue of the Boot boy. I had to call him in to satisfy Lucius, and I was afraid that he'd Cruciate the poor child, but he restrained himself. It could have been worse, of course, but I hate to see anyone grovel so, especially someone so tiny and insignificant as Boot. What pleasure can Lucius get from humiliating such a wretched creature?
Later, however, I spoke with Mr Boot in the hall, and he said something to the effect of "Boot knows what to say to him," meaning Lucius. I am not certain that his groveling was quite so heartfelt as it seemed. That is a comfort, I suppose.
Meeting with Lucius today was positively horrible. He, of course, is on to so many things I wish he wasn't - and none of it will likely lead to anything but of course there's the constant fear that it will. He isn't a Legilimens - but he might as well be, for all his probing questions.
Alice, I certainly hope that what Lupin was doing was worth it. Lucius wanted to know everything about it - whether he had told me where he'd gone, whether he'd had help, everything. I responded, of course, that he had been in the hospital wing but Lucius should have to ask Madam Pomfrey himself about Lupin's wounds; he seemed satisfied that I knew nothing about it. Which of course I don't. But I oughtn't have to protect him to Lucius, not with all the other things I must hide.
Oh, and there are plenty of other things I must hide. Before he got onto Lupin, he asked to see the book. Spent quite some time on 1983 in particular. The children from that year who were left out were Jane Dhesi and Felix Ferguson - Felix was the one who we took after the failed attempt for Dennis Creevey. Alice, of course you must be doubly and triply careful about it. They may be searching.
Next, some perceived slight to young Messrs Marvolo and Malfoy - I highly doubt that there is some grand conspiracy against them, no matter what has happened to Mr Marvolo's broom, although of course I mollified him by saying that I would look into it - and then he got on to the issue of the Boot boy. I had to call him in to satisfy Lucius, and I was afraid that he'd Cruciate the poor child, but he restrained himself. It could have been worse, of course, but I hate to see anyone grovel so, especially someone so tiny and insignificant as Boot. What pleasure can Lucius get from humiliating such a wretched creature?
Later, however, I spoke with Mr Boot in the hall, and he said something to the effect of "Boot knows what to say to him," meaning Lucius. I am not certain that his groveling was quite so heartfelt as it seemed. That is a comfort, I suppose.
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You know that the forgery on the book is flawless. You know that. Besides the fact that Flitwick was absolutely the best that there ever was at charms, rest his soul, remember the particular magical power that the castle bestows upon you, as the rightful and acknowledged Headmistress of Hogwarts. You are the castle's guardian, and you are perfectly fulfilling the Headmistress' duties by safeguarding the personal information of the school's rightful students, all of them, from those who would hurt them. Therefore, the school's magic will protect both you and the real book, and I believe with all my heart that Lucius will never be able to see through the deception.
Oh, that poor child, he must have been absolutely terrified. I'm glad that there was no Cruciatus, although knowing the Carrows, I suspect he's experienced it before.
Drink some chamomile or cocoa to settle your nerves. Or better yet, a slug of Firewhiskey. I hope it helps.
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- I think I would have felt this way regardless, of course. Too much hard thinking.
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