Tsk.

[alt_poppy]

It never bubbles but it boils around here!

I do hope, Professor Slughorn, that your afternoon class are managing their cauldrons better than your morning group did. What a mess! And scarcely one of them could say what had got on her. Gracious, what a lot of to do it's taken to set them more or less to rights.

I was able to send most of them on their way to afternoon lessons, though there are one or two here who simply need to lie still for a bit while the befuddlement passes.


I don't generally criticise the curriculum, but I do wonder why we teach pupils to brew Forgetfulness potions just as they are coming up on end of year examinations.

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[alt_poppy]

The worst of it is that I lent Miss Granger to Pomona for the afternoon to help her prune some of the more unruly things in the greenhouses. It's good for her, of course, but I could surely have used--

Gracious! Weasley again! And Marvolo.


I must run.

[alt_lavender]

Madame Pomfrey, I must apologize for my unladylike behavior last night.

[alt_poppy]

Not to worry, my dear. It's quite understandable that you were anxious, given the severity of what happened to you.


I do hope that you are feeling much more yourself today.

[alt_horace]

I must say, it's not often we get such a spectacular explosion. But it's practical learning, Poppy. They'll remember this potion for years.

Well, perhaps not this particular potion, given its nature.

But as a general principle, I do favour a more active teaching style - my apologies that you once again find yourself mopping up the aftermath. Do let me know if I can provide any assistance in the Hospital Wing.

[alt_poppy]

No use crying over spilled potions, as they say. (Do they say that?)

I confess that I would dislike it if things were too dull around here, but for their own sakes, I wish our pupils would take better care of themselves and need me less often.

But never mind. I believe that most of your first years have recovered their normal abilities to remember the day, the alphabet, the castle, the timetable, and whatnot. Those who were most affected, however, may have a bit more difficulty. It's unpredictable, this forgetfulness potion of yours.


I suppose that's the difference between your field and mine: we Healers have a definite bias for substances whose effects are precise and predictable.