Private message to Lucius Malfoy and Antonin Dolohov

[alt_selwyn]

Just wanted to share the latest from our favourite Hogwarts staff member: Dolores wants access to the private messages, if you please. She started by asking to be able to read all student private messages at any time; when that was not forthcoming she started saying she should be able to apply to the Ministry to have them transcribed; when THAT proved not forthcoming she suggested that all student messages to other students should be available to her.

She went on at some length about how my office had failed to catch the Fleet woman's sedition, and it was Dolores's personal investigations that had uncovered that particular traitor.

She's not going to get what she wants. I've instructed my clerk to simply turn her down flat with each new attempt. She can continue to demand students read their private messages out loud to her, if she truly has so much leisure time in her position as Headmistress that she can think of no better entertainment than hearing eleven-year-olds write to their mummies about homesickness. My office does not jump at her bidding.

Comments

[alt_lucius]

Dominic, she may catalogue the owl pellets all she likes. In fact, recommend you immediately inform her that it would be of the utmost usefulness were she to provide Cornelius with a weekly report on the matter. As well as a summary of the operational efficiency of the cisterns and plumbing in the castle, the composition and amount of sewage being deposited in the lake and of course, any unusual droppings found in the Forest which might indicate the encroachment of the centaurs or other fauna onto the lawns and grounds.

[alt_selwyn]

That's an excellent idea. Clearly, the ordinary responsibilities of a Headmistress are not serving to keep her occupied and out of mischief.