Thank you for the well wishes, Miss Perks. Христос Раждається, and may your upcoming year be full of joy.
And you are quite welcome. If I cannot use my influence to advance the ambitions of one of the finest witches I know, it is worth very little indeed. If you encounter obstacles from St M's staff this week, please do tell me immediately; I know your first impulse in such a case will be to keep your head down and work twice as hard in response, rather than addressing the problem head-on, but I have made it exceptionally clear to the St M's staff that as far as they are concerned, you are under my outstretched hand; an insult to you is an insult to me and will be dealt with as such.
The Prophet, I am afraid, is full of nonsense, but in the broad strokes of the matter they have the right of it; Mr Longbottom has indeed suffered a dreadful fate, although I don't have all the details myself. Miss Longbottom has not been seen since that day. MLE are trying to find her, of course, to determine the truth of what happened, but they don't have many useful leads, and to my regret I believe we must consider her lost to us as well.
I am so very sorry for your loss. I had hoped to make it through the year without losing any more of you, but at least I managed
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Date: 2014-12-26 04:13 am (UTC)And you are quite welcome. If I cannot use my influence to advance the ambitions of one of the finest witches I know, it is worth very little indeed. If you encounter obstacles from St M's staff this week, please do tell me immediately; I know your first impulse in such a case will be to keep your head down and work twice as hard in response, rather than addressing the problem head-on, but I have made it exceptionally clear to the St M's staff that as far as they are concerned, you are under my outstretched hand; an insult to you is an insult to me and will be dealt with as such.
The Prophet, I am afraid, is full of nonsense, but in the broad strokes of the matter they have the right of it; Mr Longbottom has indeed suffered a dreadful fate, although I don't have all the details myself. Miss Longbottom has not been seen since that day. MLE are trying to find her, of course, to determine the truth of what happened, but they don't have many useful leads, and to my regret I believe we must consider her lost to us as well.
I am so very sorry for your loss.
I had hoped to make it through the year without losing any more of you, but at least I managed