Private Message to Rabastan Lestrange
May. 15th, 2012 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_horaceHow are you feeling today? None the worse for that second bottle we opened? You seemed to need it at the time.
I shouldn't take Miss Greengrass' personal confession too much to heart. It had obviously been weighing on her but it is in the way of teenaged girls to over-dramatise everything when they are already distressed. Unfortunate that it came out in the throes of her much more serious concerns. I'm sure in the light of day, she has come to see how absurd the notion is.
Meanwhile, I've contacted Hieronymus and asked him to come to the school today, if possible, to determine what's to be done with his son. I agree with Minerva that if Miss Greengrass does not wish to pursue the matter, the best outcome may simply be to allow him to complete his NEWT examinations and then give him our leave to commence his post-Hogwarts career a month earlier than expected. Julius and Maghnus have agreed to escort Mr Bole to and from his exams; I don't wish him to consort with the other students while we resolve the question of whether he is to remain one of them.
I only wish Miss Greengrass or Miss Gamp had come to someone in authority sooner. So much of their troubles could have been avoided.
I shouldn't take Miss Greengrass' personal confession too much to heart. It had obviously been weighing on her but it is in the way of teenaged girls to over-dramatise everything when they are already distressed. Unfortunate that it came out in the throes of her much more serious concerns. I'm sure in the light of day, she has come to see how absurd the notion is.
Meanwhile, I've contacted Hieronymus and asked him to come to the school today, if possible, to determine what's to be done with his son. I agree with Minerva that if Miss Greengrass does not wish to pursue the matter, the best outcome may simply be to allow him to complete his NEWT examinations and then give him our leave to commence his post-Hogwarts career a month earlier than expected. Julius and Maghnus have agreed to escort Mr Bole to and from his exams; I don't wish him to consort with the other students while we resolve the question of whether he is to remain one of them.
I only wish Miss Greengrass or Miss Gamp had come to someone in authority sooner. So much of their troubles could have been avoided.
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Date: 2012-05-15 06:04 pm (UTC)As for that personal confession, I'm not taking it to heart
yetexactly, but I can't say it didn't get my attention. I'm sure you remember how inseparable Victoriana and I were back in the day. It's all just a very surreal reminder of what might have been.no subject
Date: 2012-05-15 06:15 pm (UTC)And between you and me, you know that Miss Greengrass takes after her grandmother with a flair for the theatrical. Surely you've not forgotten her fascination with Barty when studying to portray him? I believe her conviction regarding you to lie much more firmly in the realm of wishful thinking than reality.
Not that we all don't have moments where we are confronted with a road not taken, my boy, not at all. Only that I shouldn't like you to waste too much time fretting over the allegation's veracity.
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Date: 2012-05-15 06:24 pm (UTC)You're right, though. Miss Greengrass was very intrigued when she learned about her mother and me... back last term, it was. No doubt she got a bit carried away with the possibilities. I'm sure that's all that it is. She's at that age where you also fancy the notion that you might not really belong where you are, after all. And she is theatrical, as you say. Memorably so.