Thanks, Terry. I think it's going to be brilliant.
Only Mum and Dad seem sort of worried about who I might end up sitting near with these new seats. They haven't said much, but I think they think it might be a bunch of really important people and it might be dangerous to have that sort of people get to know me.
Like with Mr Selwyn. Dad seems really worried about that, and I can sort of see why. I mean, he was nice about it, but he was really trying to tell me I ought to rat people out if I know of anything anyone's doing that'd be disloyal. Course I never would, but, well.
Mum and Dad have to be worried about that sort of thing from Percy, especially now he's working for Mr Malfoy and seems so chuffed about that. I mean, it's like he stays up at night thinking about things he could do that would impress Mr Malfoy and convince him that Perce is the best clerk in the whole world ever.
And, actually, if you can believe it, Percy got more and more stuck up over the summer. You know he was bad when he was Head Boy, but now he thinks he's ever so much more important, like being a clerk is the same as being Mugwump or next thing to being the LP. And he acts like we all smell bad. And if any of us talk to him, he either pretends he's too busy doing something else to even hear or he rolls his eyes as if whatever we'd said was just too daft for bothering with.
He's even started to talk differently. You know? I mean, he was always particular about how he'd say things, but now he's starting to sound posh. I mean, not like that Finch-Fletchley bloke. I don't mean he's all 'Tally ho, what?' but his accent. I think he's trying to sound like Mr Malfoy and people like that.
Oh, say. Are the Carrows going to the Cup? Will they take you with them? I mean not to sit in the stands, of course, because I heard all about that yesterday, why servants wouldn't be allowed seats at all because they didn't want to tell the designers they'd have to make the charms that flexible so there'd be space for however many servants different people might bring. I mean, I think they could've done, only I got the feeling it was more that some people don't like the idea of Muggleborn servants at all, still, and wouldn't feel safe if they were sitting in a part of the stadium together with a whole lot of servants all around. Dad's department does a lot of work on how people think about Muggleborns and trying to get people to hire them and all.
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Date: 2011-08-25 02:47 pm (UTC)Only Mum and Dad seem sort of worried about who I might end up sitting near with these new seats. They haven't said much, but I think they think it might be a bunch of really important people and it might be dangerous to have that sort of people get to know me.
Like with Mr Selwyn. Dad seems really worried about that, and I can sort of see why. I mean, he was nice about it, but he was really trying to tell me I ought to rat people out if I know of anything anyone's doing that'd be disloyal. Course I never would, but, well.
Mum and Dad have to be worried about that sort of thing from Percy, especially now he's working for Mr Malfoy and seems so chuffed about that. I mean, it's like he stays up at night thinking about things he could do that would impress Mr Malfoy and convince him that Perce is the best clerk in the whole world ever.
And, actually, if you can believe it, Percy got more and more stuck up over the summer. You know he was bad when he was Head Boy, but now he thinks he's ever so much more important, like being a clerk is the same as being Mugwump or next thing to being the LP. And he acts like we all smell bad. And if any of us talk to him, he either pretends he's too busy doing something else to even hear or he rolls his eyes as if whatever we'd said was just too daft for bothering with.
He's even started to talk differently. You know? I mean, he was always particular about how he'd say things, but now he's starting to sound posh. I mean, not like that Finch-Fletchley bloke. I don't mean he's all 'Tally ho, what?' but his accent. I think he's trying to sound like Mr Malfoy and people like that.
Oh, say. Are the Carrows going to the Cup? Will they take you with them? I mean not to sit in the stands, of course, because I heard all about that yesterday, why servants wouldn't be allowed seats at all because they didn't want to tell the designers they'd have to make the charms that flexible so there'd be space for however many servants different people might bring. I mean, I think they could've done, only I got the feeling it was more that some people don't like the idea of Muggleborn servants at all, still, and wouldn't feel safe if they were sitting in a part of the stadium together with a whole lot of servants all around. Dad's department does a lot of work on how people think about Muggleborns and trying to get people to hire them and all.