[Hogwarts Between] Dinner Table Conversation - Cyrus

[William Dean]

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> From: "Margaret Dean" <margdean at erols.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Dinner Table Conversation - Cyrus
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:32:26 -0400
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> William Dean wrote:
> 
> > > From: "Margaret Dean" <margdean at erols.com>
> 
> > > William Dean wrote:
> > >
> > > > At the dinner table that night, Cyrus asked his father, "Will we
> > > > be going to Diagon Alley soon?"
> > >
> > > "I rather think we'll have to."  Eugene was perusing the list of
> > > school supplies and set books that had accompanied Cyrus's
> > > letter.  "Hm, the Trimble is new.  In my day we were still using
> > > Vrycolac, in the Stoker translation, but I suppose that's rather
> > > outdated by now.  I believe Trimble was with the Auror Department
> > > before he--  Well, that's neither here nor there.  Oh yes, I
> > > think we'll have to make the trip.  The books aren't a problem, I
> > > could always stop by Flourish & Blotts on my way home from the
> > > Ministry, and I have spares of some of the laboratory equipment,
> > > but you'll have to be fitted for your school robes, and your wand
> > > ... yes indeed, a wand must always be selected personally."
> > >
> > > He looked up from the parchment and smiled kindly at everyone.
> > > "Perhaps we could make it a family outing.  I know you boys," he
> > > said to Gideon and Gerald, "aren't interested in magic, but
> > > there's a perfectly lovely ice-cream shop.  Oh yes, I think you'd
> > > quite like Fortescue's."
> >
> > "Do we have to?" asked Gerald, at about the same time as Gideon
> > said, "But we've got football!" They grinned at each other across
> > the table. Though they disliked Cyrus, they were close friends with
> > each other.
> 
> "How do you know you have football?" their mother demanded.  "You
> don't even know when your father means to go."
> 
> "That's true, we have more than a month," said Eugene.
> 
> > "Can I have an owl, dad?" asked Cyrus. "It says here that I can have
> > a cat or an owl or a toad. And you need Athena yourself. Please?"
> 
> His father looked at him.  "You can have an owl =provided= you
> use it to send regular letters home.  It's wonderful that you've
> been accepted at Hogwarts, but your mother and I don't want that
> to turn into the equivalent of your disappearing off the face of
> the earth.  Do you think you can do that?"
> 
> Daphne gave her husband a grateful look.

"Sure, dad!", said Cyrus brightly.
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