Private message to Dolores Umbridge

[alt_mcgonagall]

You have not proffered an apology, of course, so I cannot say I "accept your apology," despite having thought carefully about your words at supper—but I may ask, there are no other surprises planned for breakfast to-morrow morning, are there?

I have had enough weepy Hufflepuffs in my office already for the entire quarter.

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[alt_umbridge]

Minnie,

I certainly do not feel the need to apologise for putting the good of the Protectorate before even the good of the school.

However, no, I certainly anticipate no such surprises tomorrow. You may unruffle your fur and send whatever Hufflepuffs cannot bear up down to their own common room. Surely Pomona can see to them if someone must.

I do feel I must ask - have any of the staff expressed any sentiment about this morning that I should be aware of?

[alt_mcgonagall]

The Protectorate is not the issue, a fact of which you are well aware.

The staff feels quite as one might expect-shocked that such a sweet girl proved a traitor to our Lord, hopeful that the hard lesson Will be instructive to the other students.

[alt_umbridge]

Minnie, I'm most surprised. The Protectorate - Our Lord's Glorious Protectorate - is always the issue.

Still, I suppose I had not entirely considered the full range of impact it might have on the students. And yet, once it was placed into MLE hands, truly, they made a number of the crucial decisions.

Now, we do have a staff meeting on Wednesday, and I'd like to request just a few teensy minutes on the agenda, if I may, for one little thing and another.