Noted. Have only just arrived from Court; supposed to meet my clerk in a quarter-hour for some parchment he neglected to give me this morning.

(Happy to say that he has just informed me the fruits of my grooming have not been in vain. At least one of the factors limiting his performance has been cleared away.)

Did you tell her she'll have all the festivities she can stomach, come the weekend? You and Chloe are coming in the afternoon, are you not? Antonin Nikolaevich is expected as soon as the students have been packed away on the Hogwarts Express; Draco and Harry will join us once they are done with their duties in conducting the younger ones on the train.