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alt_lucius) wrote2008-10-06 04:25 pm
alt_lucius) wrote2008-10-06 04:25 pm
More on The Quibbler....
Started the day early to catch Dolores before her agenda completely overtook her. She had thought over the matter and agreed easily to the terms, which left only the question of the amount by which Lovegood's fine should be reduced. It took a few Floo calls and some trips back and forth to the Prophet and Ministry offices, but all has been arranged to my - that is, to everyone's - satisfaction. The staff changes should take effect within a few weeks, according to the editors' timetable to finish up the current article assignments and to settle in and collect new material for the end of the year. The Quibbler shall resume publication in January with its new, needless-to-say, much improved, model.
And yes, it was most tedious popping back and forth oneself, but Crispin owled this morning to say that he was ill. Apparently he caught cold after spending Saturday with his nephews - something about Quidditch (his writing scrawled off, I'm afraid ... playing or watching?) - and is allergic to Pepper-Up. He assures me that if he is not back to himself to-morrow, he will arrange a temporary replacement.
Assured him that if he is not back to himself by mid-week, I shall have him committed to St. Mungo's for immediate and extreme remedial treatment. It's quite intolerable. Although I will say that Miss Robins, Dolores's new Junior Assistant, has done what she could to make up for my day being less productive owing to Crispin's absence. She offered to have luncheon brought down after I returned the second time, knowing that there was no opportunity to fetch something myself and still arrive on time for the Committee meeting this afternoon.
Ah, yes, and it was Quirrell skulking about the school over the week-end. Saw the prefects' posts only after reading Perks's note on it. Perhaps the Governors ought to remind him that his case has yet to be heard, and that it largely depends on our charity toward him. Making a nuisance of himself and agitating the student body hardly seems the way to appeal to our better natures.
At least none of the students have been so reckless as to approach him, or allow him to approach them.
I've had to shift my meeting with the brokerage to to-morrow, with all this running about.
And yes, it was most tedious popping back and forth oneself, but Crispin owled this morning to say that he was ill. Apparently he caught cold after spending Saturday with his nephews - something about Quidditch (his writing scrawled off, I'm afraid ... playing or watching?) - and is allergic to Pepper-Up. He assures me that if he is not back to himself to-morrow, he will arrange a temporary replacement.
Assured him that if he is not back to himself by mid-week, I shall have him committed to St. Mungo's for immediate and extreme remedial treatment. It's quite intolerable. Although I will say that Miss Robins, Dolores's new Junior Assistant, has done what she could to make up for my day being less productive owing to Crispin's absence. She offered to have luncheon brought down after I returned the second time, knowing that there was no opportunity to fetch something myself and still arrive on time for the Committee meeting this afternoon.
Ah, yes, and it was Quirrell skulking about the school over the week-end. Saw the prefects' posts only after reading Perks's note on it. Perhaps the Governors ought to remind him that his case has yet to be heard, and that it largely depends on our charity toward him. Making a nuisance of himself and agitating the student body hardly seems the way to appeal to our better natures.
At least none of the students have been so reckless as to approach him, or allow him to approach them.
I've had to shift my meeting with the brokerage to to-morrow, with all this running about.