alt_sirius | Order Only: Another complication

I wish I could report the same success with Richard Marshall as Molly's with Ifan Powys but we'll have to come back another day. Soon, since his mother admitted that he's shown his magic. She was protecting him from the 'black wands' by swapping him round with other babies about the same age. Apparently a few of the mums in Hartlepool have taken to this method to avoid their children being detected or snatched. If strangers are in camp, they make sure the sprog goes to another family until the strangers move on to a different target; then they switch back.

By the time Dora and I finished straightening out that confusion, Mrs Marshall didn't have time to get her son back from his sitters before she had to report to her work assignment. And since Mr Marshall was out of the camp on a labour detail, she wasn't keen to let us go and get the boy before they could both say their goodbyes. She's willing to talk to her husband, though, so the next time we go we should be able to rescue him.

I left her with a few buttons to pass out. She suggested that if we're planning to come, we ought to signal them through the buttons first, so they can be sure to have him ready to go.

Bill, do you think we could reassign the paperwork for Wednesday? Is that too soon? The quicker we get him, the better.