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alt_arthurMolly and I have been assessing the children since their homecoming on Saturday night. (Except Ron, of course, who remains at Hogwarts).
Our greatest concern, naturally, has been Percy, although we have done our utmost not to ruffle his sensibilities by prying too much. He has been somewhat subdued, holding back rather than joining in the general conversation around the dinner table, yet participating in household chores (rather more willingly than usual). I seized an opportunity yesterday afternoon to speak with him by offering to take him fishing alone. He ending up raising the topic himself (I suspect he expected a cross-examination and was simply resigned to telling his story yet again.) He repeated the bare bones of the tale we'd already heard from Minerva and Poppy, without any hint of the emotional aftermath, and I didn't press him. He seems to be sleeping normally, Poppy. He mentioned how much Penelope Clearwater helped him in the last week. I gather that today is her birthday. He left this morning by floo for his week long stay in New London with his brothers. He'd arranged last night with Bill to go shopping for a gift for her this morning, and he'll use Bill's owl to send it to her this afternoon.
He received an owl from the Ministry right before he left this morning for Bill's. The Board of Governors at Hogwarts have retroactively granted him permission for his use of Imperius. To our surprise, the licencing fee has also been paid. I intend to look up the licence number today to see who submitted the fee on his behalf. Molly and I have mixed feelings about this. We are relieved that he will not be facing an official inquiry--I imagine that there are powers that be who would not relish a public rehashing of Amycus Carrow's misdeeds. Yet the notion that Percy now has official permission to perform Imperius certainly revolts us. Still, all things considered, we are cautiously optimistic that he is recovering.
Fred and George have rather surprised us. The constant, sniping state of warfare that has been going on between them and Percy for the past couple years has been Molly's constant despair, but it seems to have been entirely suspended for now. Molly noticed a little detail at dinner last night: we were having roast beef, and when Fred picked up the platter to snag the last piece, George shook his head at him a little and silently tweaked it out of his grasp and handed it on to Percy. Quite uncharacteristic, really: last summer they would have snabbled up the last piece and jeered at Percy had he protested. They also sought me out last night after dinner to ask me, rather grimly, if I could possibly find out Amycus Carrow's new location. This surprised me a great deal until I realised their reason behind the questioning: they are extremely worried about Terry Boot. I promised to do my best to find out, although I don't know what they think they can do with the information.
Molly's spoken the most to Ginny. She seems to have changed more than any of them in the past year. She walked to Ottery St. Catchpole yesterday to purchase some magazines, the sort filled with garish colours and short, breathless articles concerning clothing and hairstyles. Molly is rather wistful about the whole thing, really.
Remus and Tonks, brace yourselves. Really, they grow up so very fast.
Our greatest concern, naturally, has been Percy, although we have done our utmost not to ruffle his sensibilities by prying too much. He has been somewhat subdued, holding back rather than joining in the general conversation around the dinner table, yet participating in household chores (rather more willingly than usual). I seized an opportunity yesterday afternoon to speak with him by offering to take him fishing alone. He ending up raising the topic himself (I suspect he expected a cross-examination and was simply resigned to telling his story yet again.) He repeated the bare bones of the tale we'd already heard from Minerva and Poppy, without any hint of the emotional aftermath, and I didn't press him. He seems to be sleeping normally, Poppy. He mentioned how much Penelope Clearwater helped him in the last week. I gather that today is her birthday. He left this morning by floo for his week long stay in New London with his brothers. He'd arranged last night with Bill to go shopping for a gift for her this morning, and he'll use Bill's owl to send it to her this afternoon.
He received an owl from the Ministry right before he left this morning for Bill's. The Board of Governors at Hogwarts have retroactively granted him permission for his use of Imperius. To our surprise, the licencing fee has also been paid. I intend to look up the licence number today to see who submitted the fee on his behalf. Molly and I have mixed feelings about this. We are relieved that he will not be facing an official inquiry--I imagine that there are powers that be who would not relish a public rehashing of Amycus Carrow's misdeeds. Yet the notion that Percy now has official permission to perform Imperius certainly revolts us. Still, all things considered, we are cautiously optimistic that he is recovering.
Fred and George have rather surprised us. The constant, sniping state of warfare that has been going on between them and Percy for the past couple years has been Molly's constant despair, but it seems to have been entirely suspended for now. Molly noticed a little detail at dinner last night: we were having roast beef, and when Fred picked up the platter to snag the last piece, George shook his head at him a little and silently tweaked it out of his grasp and handed it on to Percy. Quite uncharacteristic, really: last summer they would have snabbled up the last piece and jeered at Percy had he protested. They also sought me out last night after dinner to ask me, rather grimly, if I could possibly find out Amycus Carrow's new location. This surprised me a great deal until I realised their reason behind the questioning: they are extremely worried about Terry Boot. I promised to do my best to find out, although I don't know what they think they can do with the information.
Molly's spoken the most to Ginny. She seems to have changed more than any of them in the past year. She walked to Ottery St. Catchpole yesterday to purchase some magazines, the sort filled with garish colours and short, breathless articles concerning clothing and hairstyles. Molly is rather wistful about the whole thing, really.
Remus and Tonks, brace yourselves. Really, they grow up so very fast.
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Date: 2011-06-13 06:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-06-13 06:37 pm (UTC)Percy and I spent a couple of hours this morning browsing gift stores. Not quite how I expected to spend my first morning with him, but it seemed important to him.
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Date: 2011-06-13 06:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-06-13 06:39 pm (UTC)How serious is he about her, do you think, Mum?
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Date: 2011-06-13 06:40 pm (UTC)You may glean a bit more if you see her with him this week. Wasn't she going to join you for the Quidditch game?
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Date: 2011-06-13 06:43 pm (UTC)He did overset my plans for Wednesday night. It seems that Lucius Malfoy condescended to give him a couple of symphony tickets for him and Penny for that night.