Order Only: Observations
Nov. 29th, 2010 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_siriusHullo, all.
Just wanted to say that I can confirm Poppy's observations about the general mood in the countryside. I've had to skirt the Dementors' feeding grounds a couple times already and I've only been back in the neighbourhood for a few days.
The handlers keep moving them about. I think that may be why the effects keep reinforcing themselves. Proximity keeps changing.
Luckily one side effect is that people are more apt to toss out the papers. I know the entire wizarding world is focused on Narcissa's show of Friday, but I read three rather more interesting items in yesterday's paper:
1. Malfoy wasn't at his wife's big night - not until after it started. Mr Patil was also hardly mentioned, did you notice? He was there, at least, but it seems like he's been told to keep his opinions to himself. After all, part of Narcissa's strategy, I'm sure, was to arrange the collaboration to distract everyone from my brother's involvement in the Patils' son's death. I wonder if Mr Patil has forgiven her quite as readily as his wife has done?
But as for Malfoy, what do you suppose could have kept him away? 'State business' was all the article said. France, perhaps? or something else?
2. I don't know if any of you noticed but there was a small piece about the village schools in Devon undergoing some 're-training'. Meaning what? It says it's part of a new programme starting there and will be rolled out to all the village schools. Don't like the sound of that. Any thoughts?
3. Best for last: The Telford Camp Administrator resigned. Arthur, did you know about this before it happened? The article makes it sound like he was considered too soft on his charges, and a possible 'Black sympathiser' - but there's also a passing mention of this Dog Star Company being involved. Well, we're meant to think that the Company are so addled that they couldn't keep their association with his bloke secret. But that's daft. They had to know that if they came out in support of the fellow, he'd be removed. So I'm thinking. What are the chances that they discredited him deliberately? What's the advantage - unless perhaps they know his replacement? Of course I'm sure the Death Eaters have thought of that, as well.
Anyway. I'm off to meet my contact. Frank, I'll let you know how that goes.
Just wanted to say that I can confirm Poppy's observations about the general mood in the countryside. I've had to skirt the Dementors' feeding grounds a couple times already and I've only been back in the neighbourhood for a few days.
The handlers keep moving them about. I think that may be why the effects keep reinforcing themselves. Proximity keeps changing.
Luckily one side effect is that people are more apt to toss out the papers. I know the entire wizarding world is focused on Narcissa's show of Friday, but I read three rather more interesting items in yesterday's paper:
1. Malfoy wasn't at his wife's big night - not until after it started. Mr Patil was also hardly mentioned, did you notice? He was there, at least, but it seems like he's been told to keep his opinions to himself. After all, part of Narcissa's strategy, I'm sure, was to arrange the collaboration to distract everyone from my brother's involvement in the Patils' son's death. I wonder if Mr Patil has forgiven her quite as readily as his wife has done?
But as for Malfoy, what do you suppose could have kept him away? 'State business' was all the article said. France, perhaps? or something else?
2. I don't know if any of you noticed but there was a small piece about the village schools in Devon undergoing some 're-training'. Meaning what? It says it's part of a new programme starting there and will be rolled out to all the village schools. Don't like the sound of that. Any thoughts?
3. Best for last: The Telford Camp Administrator resigned. Arthur, did you know about this before it happened? The article makes it sound like he was considered too soft on his charges, and a possible 'Black sympathiser' - but there's also a passing mention of this Dog Star Company being involved. Well, we're meant to think that the Company are so addled that they couldn't keep their association with his bloke secret. But that's daft. They had to know that if they came out in support of the fellow, he'd be removed. So I'm thinking. What are the chances that they discredited him deliberately? What's the advantage - unless perhaps they know his replacement? Of course I'm sure the Death Eaters have thought of that, as well.
Anyway. I'm off to meet my contact. Frank, I'll let you know how that goes.
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Date: 2010-11-29 04:16 pm (UTC)I can say fairly reliably that they've increased their blood-purity standards rather a lot in the last few years. I do think that it's possible they'll make things more difficult. What form that would take I'm not certain. I doubt they'll imitate Voldemort's hostile coup, though - that much I think I'm safe to predict.
As far as the schools - I had rather the opposite thought. It could be that Devon is the place to start because it's already further along than some other areas, instead of in more need of remediation. Does that make sense? I mean to say, one could push the students faster if they're already predisposed because their teachers are particularly zealous. Or maybe I'm being pessimistic. Perhaps it's something innocuous, like Devon is where one of the education administrators lives, or something.
From what I've seen of the Dog Star Company thus far, they're not exactly the most cautious bunch. Still, I suppose you're quite right and they can't possibly have a hand in the replacement. Which makes them doubly reckless, doesn't it, if they let their connection to that administrator leak. Daft.
Of course I'm checking to make sure you're reading. But don't worry. Even if I were at liberty to tell you, which I'm not, it wouldn't matter. I'm not sure you'd be quite able to understand him if he did make himself known to you.