Final days ....
Jul. 9th, 2009 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_luciusUnbelievably, our time in France draws to a close.
There are only a few remaining major items on the timetable: This week-end's State Dinner, a matinée at the Paris Opéra on Sunday, two last meetings with foreign delegations and a final round of interviews, as well as the concluding meeting with the French Minister before returning mid-week.
Minerva, I may have found a partial solution to your recent loss of staff. M Brutka, it turns out, has some experience dealing with magical creatures through his position as a ranger with the Royal Canadian Granian Wizard Squad and more recently his travels in Romania and the Baltic. He might do for your groundskeeper; possibly even Care of Magical Creatures teacher, once his probation is at end. That is, if you have had no other qualified applicants.
Needless to say, M Brutka, along with some ten others, have been approved to emigrate over the course of the next month. There are five remaining candidates, all of whom will undergo their final vetting to-morrow and Monday.
Pansy, I did see the letter you sent asking me to appeal to your mother, but in this case, she is quite right. No-one ever has benefitted from association with the current branch of that clan, and you do well to shut yourself of company that is quite beneath you. No, I am in agreement with her on that score.
Given Amanda's ... news ... we were forced to upset our plans for what little free time we still had available with a visit to Beauxbatons. At least the weather was pleasant enough last week-end for the promised jaunt down to the southern coast, so Draco was able to see the Mediterranean for himself. The proffered duration of our stay there was, of necessity, cut short, in order to make an inspection tour of the school.
As we come closer to our return, Narcissa grows more anxious for news of family at home, however. She is most adamant that Bella does not deliver before we are on-hand in the event of any need. Have assured her that Bella and her healers must have her care well in hand and that there is no need to fuss. News of her niece's misstep, which reached us late yesterday, has not helped her mood in the slightest.
Draco, on the other hand, is most excited at the prospect of seeing his friends again, particularly on the YPL camping trip, and I think has missed participating in the little house parties some of his classmates have hosted, especially that of Stephen's ward. Have tried to explain that the opportunities he has had here this summer have been worth a hundred house parties, and Narcissa too has been quite persuasive in that regard, though neither of us, I suspect, have met the full measure of success we hoped. Still, am confident he will look back in time and regard our sojourn abroad as an incomparable experience. Had to agree that as we approach our departure, I too quite miss the familiar comforts of home, friends and colleagues.
There are only a few remaining major items on the timetable: This week-end's State Dinner, a matinée at the Paris Opéra on Sunday, two last meetings with foreign delegations and a final round of interviews, as well as the concluding meeting with the French Minister before returning mid-week.
Minerva, I may have found a partial solution to your recent loss of staff. M Brutka, it turns out, has some experience dealing with magical creatures through his position as a ranger with the Royal Canadian Granian Wizard Squad and more recently his travels in Romania and the Baltic. He might do for your groundskeeper; possibly even Care of Magical Creatures teacher, once his probation is at end. That is, if you have had no other qualified applicants.
Needless to say, M Brutka, along with some ten others, have been approved to emigrate over the course of the next month. There are five remaining candidates, all of whom will undergo their final vetting to-morrow and Monday.
Pansy, I did see the letter you sent asking me to appeal to your mother, but in this case, she is quite right. No-one ever has benefitted from association with the current branch of that clan, and you do well to shut yourself of company that is quite beneath you. No, I am in agreement with her on that score.
Given Amanda's ... news ... we were forced to upset our plans for what little free time we still had available with a visit to Beauxbatons. At least the weather was pleasant enough last week-end for the promised jaunt down to the southern coast, so Draco was able to see the Mediterranean for himself. The proffered duration of our stay there was, of necessity, cut short, in order to make an inspection tour of the school.
As we come closer to our return, Narcissa grows more anxious for news of family at home, however. She is most adamant that Bella does not deliver before we are on-hand in the event of any need. Have assured her that Bella and her healers must have her care well in hand and that there is no need to fuss. News of her niece's misstep, which reached us late yesterday, has not helped her mood in the slightest.
Draco, on the other hand, is most excited at the prospect of seeing his friends again, particularly on the YPL camping trip, and I think has missed participating in the little house parties some of his classmates have hosted, especially that of Stephen's ward. Have tried to explain that the opportunities he has had here this summer have been worth a hundred house parties, and Narcissa too has been quite persuasive in that regard, though neither of us, I suspect, have met the full measure of success we hoped. Still, am confident he will look back in time and regard our sojourn abroad as an incomparable experience. Had to agree that as we approach our departure, I too quite miss the familiar comforts of home, friends and colleagues.
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Date: 2009-07-10 03:01 am (UTC)that'll make me feel a whole lot better.
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