Private Message to Tosha and Barty

[alt_lucius]

Our Lord seems to believe that His wishes in the matter of Harry's education have been fulfilled. Her failure to appear this morning, coupled with the your account, Toshenka, Razzer's and Draco's, along with Harry's own, have satisfied Him that the maths do not add up - but in this case, they do not add up in just the way He would have it. He is fully prepared to declare the woman dead with no further fuss.

Nonetheless, Cornelius has been vexatiously vocal since Saturday about the need for a thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of her disappearance. (Naturally this must be accomplished with less meticulousness than he desires, since revealing to the public that a student took matters into his own hands - even when that student is Harry Marvolo - would set a precedent that neither the Board nor the staff would care to endorse.)

Still, he has a point about the process of jurisprudence and, to one degree or another, it would be advantageous were MLE able to undeniably rule the incident closed. Also, племянник, it occurred to me that we ought not refuse an opportunity to explore her office, given that such an examination might reveal information regarding her co-conspirators that shall be useful in discrediting them. To say nothing of the chance to debunk her opprobrious libel toward Razzer.

диктатор, what is your timetable for the week? See no reason to inconvenience ourselves by rushing to meet the Minister's requirement and cannot think the likes of Strangeweale would be able to access her office prior to our doing so. So long as the Floo has been closed up we ought to be able to take our time.

Comments

[alt_antonin]

If necessary, I can clear my schedule tomorrow from 11 to 4 by cancelling a single class (a third-year practical, which they will undoubtedly not miss); alternately, I have nothing on Wednesday that cannot be put off other than a single class from 11 to noon. Barty, darling, if you'd like to play at taking this seriously, head on up whenever you've the time. We've put together a sufficiently vague statement of affairs that covers the germane bits.

I agree the chance to go through her office should not be missed, though it is unlikely to bear fruit. Both Razzer and I have thrown wards at it against an opportunity for further exploration, but Barty and his team went through it last weekend and turned up nothing. Still, both her office and her quarters should be gone through thoroughly, with an eye to uncovering any of her plots that may have outlasted her. Does she have a next-of-kin? If I were her (the gods forbid) I would have kept the most damaging material outside Hogwarts' gates; if we'll need to outmanoeuvre or intimidate her heirs, we ought begin there, I suppose.

Septima Vector was one of Dolores's dead-drops; she provided me and Raz with the 'evidence' Dolores provided her, and now that Dolores is no longer a consideration, we can take more decisive steps to undo the bindings she placed on the container. I was planning on beginning work on that tonight. With a spot of luck, we'll at least have a copy to hand by tomorrow.

I must say, meanwhile: the atmosphere here has not been so convivial for quite some time. I do believe even the castle itself is celebrating that woman's demise.

Celebratorially,
T