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Poppy -

Thanks again for meeting me Friday. It's such a pleasure to relax with a friend.

I wish I could manage to get away this week, but now that we're traipsing all over New London, it's unlikely. This group is all settled into their rooms, and into the afternoon activities now, though, so at least I've a moment to catch my breath. (And Madam Umbridge did appear this morning, but had a meeting this afternoon, so even she's gone for a bit.)

I don't suppose you've anything else on the Stint front? I've discussed it thoroughly with Raz (for obvious reasons) but anything you might happen to overhear, even just if you see him talking to someone, would be tremendously helpful. I feel like it's all fog and mist, and nothing certain. And it's hard for us to take it further without somewhere to start. "There's this thing, and it's very vague, but I swear he's up to something" seems most unlikely to convince anyone at MLE, especially given the history. I feel foolish saying it even to you, and I know you believe me.

I'm also still holding out hope for an actual vacation at some point, but I admit that's looking harder and harder to manage. How are there so few weeks in the summer?

I hope this week's course treats you a bit better than the previous. And I think Mum may have something to pass along to you, too, next I see her.

Date: 2012-07-17 07:45 pm (UTC)
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Not to worry about this week. I shall be sorry to miss seeing you, but I quite understand.

It's funny you should ask about Stint. I would have written you yesterday, but it would have drawn his attention, and I was feeling very uneasy about that.

I did precisely what you imagine: I stumbled upon him having an apparently furtive conversation with two other wizards (neither of them St Mungo's folk). One was Auror Fulton; I didn't know the other. Unfortunately, I didn't hear a word they were saying. I merely stepped out of the Dai Llewellyn ward and took them by surprise. They couldn't possibly have looked more displeased to see me. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I have to tell you that Stint looked downright murderous at the interruption.

But that's all I can tell you. I've not been able to sort out who the third wizard was, though I have probed delicately, and I can't begin to guess what they were discussing.

I do hope you'll have a smooth and satisfying week showing off New London's charms. I've got one final week of 'Protocols and Professionalism' with this cohort of beginning Healers, and then I'm off to the Firth of Moray for the next of my summer commitments.

Date: 2012-07-18 04:55 pm (UTC)
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I don't know much about Fulton, save for the fact that he was involved in January with that YPL business. That he's an Auror is enough of a caution for me.

I suppose security is your worst headache for all these events. Especially the ones that include Mr Marvolo. Bless.

Is there something special about the 25th, then? That's not the start of Freedom 'Day', is it? (I'm sure I shouldn't care if people wish a holiday in summer, but it does seem that those festivities have ballooned over time, and what was once a single day affair has spread rather. But surely it's not grown to be a whole week's entertainment, has it?)

Date: 2012-07-18 05:22 pm (UTC)
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Marching in uniform?

Oh, my. Well, I expect it will be quite a spectacle. Imagine in several years' time when there are more years involved!

I agree that it sounds a tight fit for scheduling, though. I'd thought you had quite a full slate of activities already.

Date: 2012-07-18 05:53 pm (UTC)
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(I take it that she's rather given to enthusiasm. Have I ever mentioned Poole's Jelly Gums to you? They're not only quite pleasant but have a gentle relaxant that works wonders for tooth grinders and jaw clenchers. Herbs and fruit. Nothing transfigured in them. I quite prefer them to anything else I've tried.)

I think the cryptography sounds most interesting, though I quite understand why it was difficult to shoe horn in amongst all the rest. I remember you mentioning that there was particularly keen student interest in doing it, though. Were you able to find someone interesting to serve as the instructor?

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