Lucius Malfoy (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alt_lucius) wrote2008-09-08 01:48 pm
alt_lucius) wrote2008-09-08 01:48 pm
Detained in London
Meeting in Department of Mysteries ran late; has put the whole day off. Fascinating as their contemplation of the ineffable may be, I cannot credit why the Unspeakables are never able to stop long enough to accurately predict more tangible matters, such as how long it will take the Sainsbury's elves to deliver in luncheon.
Afternoon appointment with the Minister and her senior undersecretaries consequently moved to 5:00, after which I shall still have to drop by the Prophet offices to look over tomorrow's edition. Shan't be able to attend Narcissa's soiree this evening (so sorry, my dear).
Placement assignments for Mudbloods born in 1982 are nearly finalised. Have given them to Crispin for verification, then the list goes to the camps. So there's that accomplished, at least.
Narcissa, in her usual velvet way, seems to have coaxed Regulus from his self-imposed exile. Why he should have chosen to live in squalor still eludes me, but I am most pleased that he knows where to seek goodwill. I hope he returns soon to the circle of his family and faithful friends. It can only do him good to be back among his own.
Oh, yes, there is that other matter. Received an owl from the former professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, demanding that the Board of Governors take into account his prior teaching record and his NEWT results before summarily refusing to grant him his pension. Since his pension, even if he had vested, amounts to no more than ... two Galleons, 36 knuts per year, cannot fathom why he bothered to protest its revocation. Terminated staff are not entitled to pensions in any event, vested or not.
But I suppose to do the thing properly, we shall have to add the matter to the next Governors' meeting. Tedious business. He should be grateful his seditious classroom conduct only had him sacked, instead of languishing in Azkaban or worse.
That is the trouble with common half-bloods: No appreciation for their proper place, constantly trying to grab for more than their due.
Blast. Late for tea with Ari.
Afternoon appointment with the Minister and her senior undersecretaries consequently moved to 5:00, after which I shall still have to drop by the Prophet offices to look over tomorrow's edition. Shan't be able to attend Narcissa's soiree this evening (so sorry, my dear).
Placement assignments for Mudbloods born in 1982 are nearly finalised. Have given them to Crispin for verification, then the list goes to the camps. So there's that accomplished, at least.
Narcissa, in her usual velvet way, seems to have coaxed Regulus from his self-imposed exile. Why he should have chosen to live in squalor still eludes me, but I am most pleased that he knows where to seek goodwill. I hope he returns soon to the circle of his family and faithful friends. It can only do him good to be back among his own.
Oh, yes, there is that other matter. Received an owl from the former professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, demanding that the Board of Governors take into account his prior teaching record and his NEWT results before summarily refusing to grant him his pension. Since his pension, even if he had vested, amounts to no more than ... two Galleons, 36 knuts per year, cannot fathom why he bothered to protest its revocation. Terminated staff are not entitled to pensions in any event, vested or not.
But I suppose to do the thing properly, we shall have to add the matter to the next Governors' meeting. Tedious business. He should be grateful his seditious classroom conduct only had him sacked, instead of languishing in Azkaban or worse.
That is the trouble with common half-bloods: No appreciation for their proper place, constantly trying to grab for more than their due.
Blast. Late for tea with Ari.