Having an open house is proving to be a pleasant, albeit noisy, distraction from worries. I hope nothing too ridiculous happens this weekend, although I suppose our visitors can't do anything that Dumbledore doesn't already know how to handle.

Allow me to introduce myself. Jules de Ferrier of Normandy, pureblood, sixth year Slytherin. Welcome.

[The writing isn't in the usual neat cursive but somewhat shaky print.]My mother has extended an offer to any of my acquaintances to stay with us during the holiday, should you have nowhere to go or parents who will be unsympathetic to the plights of the wizarding world. We do live in France, but both Mother and my sisters have various levels of ( Read more... )