True, but one generally doesn't think of one's own mother as devious or deceptive, what! Or one doesn't like to think of her that way. I say, I wonder how Sirius must have felt when he realised his mother was such a...harridan. Have you and he ever talked about it, love?

But I haven't forgotten how clever your mother is, or how ruthless. I say, have you started thinking how we might get round her? I haven't missed that your father saying we've got to win her over bally well absolves him and puts the decision off on her. I know we've three years to work on it but it's not the sort of thing we can afford to leave to the last minute, what?

Remy does make things inconvenient, though not as much as Alfie. At any rate, I'm leaving for CCF on Monday and it'll be two weeks before we're back. Oh, but dash it, Sally-Anne's not going along to that. I'd forgotten.

Well, I say, I'm sure by the time I return I'll have no troubles sleeping and the fresh air ought to do wonders for the rest.

I can't wait to see you, though. Oh, Jack wants you to know he misses you, too.

-J