I am so sorry - we had the usual rush here, and our Cedric wanted my ear this morning, wanting to be sure he was doing his best by the House, and mulling over his summer.

I did see, and they are the right thing. That shop. I like them for other reasons than their ability to keep any kind of order, but there are limits.

As to the view, well. This is home and center and many wonderful things. And now, think, you can go into the year without Stint looming over your head. Perhaps you will have the luck you deserve, and his replacement on those committees will be more favourably inclined to you.

Aurora's due down here any minute, and I do intend to bend her ear about our new Professor - from what little she said at lunch, she and her Raz had quite the chat of a Friday evening with him.