Private message to Narcissa Malfoy
Dec. 30th, 2012 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_sinistraNarcissa -
A few things from last night, that I wanted to pass on. Or ask about. And sometimes both. First, I heard more than a handful of envious comments about your robes - I'm sure you had no doubts at all, but they had quite the effect.
- What is the story with Theo Higgs and Lana Sandoval-Pennifold? I was watching people, as one does (and well, I'm starting to contemplate seating charts for the wedding supper, so knowing who's not getting along seems especially useful right now), and I don't think I've ever seen her quite that way. Or at least to that extent. And him bidding up like that...
- I did get a lovely chat with Ptolemy Baddock. So glad to see him happy, and I always did like Karo Moon. I gather he's getting along better with his father than he was for a little, but - there did seem something a little odd there. Though I suppose all grown children and their parents wrangle over something.
- It was very good to see Tosha so rejuvenated, truly. (And I gather, watching, that the same was true of Barty and of Lucius?) After the previous week, it was rather a pleasure to see them all at their brightest. I'd gathered from Raz that their work had been successful, but he'd not asked details, and Tosha only said I'd be gladder with what they ended up doing than the original idea.
- I did spend some time watching Dolores, and that's the part I wanted to ask you about. Did it seem to you she spent rather a lot of time with certain people? I saw her spend a very long time talking to Peakes, but also Mr Burroughs (he did go on, apparently, I saw even her trying to get away), Mrs Fleet, and Mrs Rickett, and then rather a long time with Mr Vandemar. But I also saw her in - well, she'd rather cornered that Rowena Robins, who was her assistant for a long time. (And she - Miss Robins - seemed a bit off her usual, did you see?)
And finally, the Cooper party on the 27th quite made me see why you were so nervous about the theme idea for your Christmas party last year. It really is possible to take a thing too far, isn't it? And it all felt so very ... I don't know, inauthentic and flat. I rather wished Tosha'd had more time to give sotto voce commentary than he did, but of course, other demands.
A few things from last night, that I wanted to pass on. Or ask about. And sometimes both. First, I heard more than a handful of envious comments about your robes - I'm sure you had no doubts at all, but they had quite the effect.
- What is the story with Theo Higgs and Lana Sandoval-Pennifold? I was watching people, as one does (and well, I'm starting to contemplate seating charts for the wedding supper, so knowing who's not getting along seems especially useful right now), and I don't think I've ever seen her quite that way. Or at least to that extent. And him bidding up like that...
- I did get a lovely chat with Ptolemy Baddock. So glad to see him happy, and I always did like Karo Moon. I gather he's getting along better with his father than he was for a little, but - there did seem something a little odd there. Though I suppose all grown children and their parents wrangle over something.
- It was very good to see Tosha so rejuvenated, truly. (And I gather, watching, that the same was true of Barty and of Lucius?) After the previous week, it was rather a pleasure to see them all at their brightest. I'd gathered from Raz that their work had been successful, but he'd not asked details, and Tosha only said I'd be gladder with what they ended up doing than the original idea.
- I did spend some time watching Dolores, and that's the part I wanted to ask you about. Did it seem to you she spent rather a lot of time with certain people? I saw her spend a very long time talking to Peakes, but also Mr Burroughs (he did go on, apparently, I saw even her trying to get away), Mrs Fleet, and Mrs Rickett, and then rather a long time with Mr Vandemar. But I also saw her in - well, she'd rather cornered that Rowena Robins, who was her assistant for a long time. (And she - Miss Robins - seemed a bit off her usual, did you see?)
And finally, the Cooper party on the 27th quite made me see why you were so nervous about the theme idea for your Christmas party last year. It really is possible to take a thing too far, isn't it? And it all felt so very ... I don't know, inauthentic and flat. I rather wished Tosha'd had more time to give sotto voce commentary than he did, but of course, other demands.
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Date: 2012-12-30 10:06 pm (UTC)And yes, I do expect to be in New London most Tuesdays. While I think we're nearly sorted on most of the major wedding details, I meet friends for supper most weeks, and well, there's always one errand or another that's more enjoyable done in town. (Granted, for me, that usually involves the bookstores, but still.)
And I could use an excuse to get to know either Yvaine or Mariah better, really.
As to tonight, yes. Balancing everything is a trick I'm still learning, but a night out with just Raz is quite the thing. And I will look forward to seeing you and Lucius tomorrow night, of course, however briefly we manage.