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alt_sirius(Aside from a lovely time with Marguerite, that is. Thirty-two! I never expected to see thirty.)
At any rate, that is not what I wanted to tell you all. I have finally, I think, broken our streak of poor luck. Marguerite is a wonder. She dropped off a little envelope on my behalf about a week ago, following which I waltzed in with the papers I've been collecting on our part.
And now look what we've just intercepted:
Dear Mr Malfoy:
Thank you for your letter dated 10 December, in which you brought to light Mr Laszlo's communication with you during the previous weeks. We have reviewed Mr Laszlo's file per your instructions in that letter and agree with your assessment that he has provided adequate credentials to resume operations within the Protectorate. Commensurate to the information he made available to you, he has proven to our satisfaction that the incident of 14 November, 1991 was the isolated and unfortunate result of the actions of Mr Victor Laszlo, now deceased. Mr Laszlo's physician, Zelkjo Slobodanovicz, has certified that prior to his demise, Mr Laszlo was afflicted with a rare and irreversible strain of Jarvey Pox. This disease, as you may be aware, renders the victim unable to suppress 'socially inappropriate or derogatory' remarks, and in particular actions which would ordinarily be considered unacceptable or unwise. In other words: he was barmy.
Mr Henrich Laszlo having thus procured your permission to proceed with the application on file, we shall not gainsay the word of the Committee for Regulation of Magical Commerce. He is hencewith authorised to act as the managing agent and his goods, with the exception of the confiscated materials, shall be remanded to the customs agents in Dover for distribution according to Laszlo Limited's prior instruction. There shall be no need to go through the re-application process, nor the additional quarantine of future shipments. Naturally, Mr Laszlo further agrees to all conditions, limitations, restrictions and requirements set by the Committee, including audits, inspections and other Quality Assurance measures at the discretion of the Ministry for Magic.
We trust this concludes the business to your satisfaction.
Best Regards,
Pierre Nicola, etc.
Hah! I'll be revising this before allowing it to go on, of course. There's no sense in bothering such a busy man as Mr Malfoy with the knowledge that he 'authorised' the Laszlo documents in the first place, or that his letter greased the skids for us to sail through this time. The version he'll receive will merely state that owing to the exhaustive nature of our proof, the agents saw fit to provide all the credentials we need.
This way the goods they've been holding for two bloody months will be available in London before Christmas. Sadly, we're still at square one with the wands. But at least Laszlo can now import!
I do think we ought to be circumspect for at least a month's worth of shipments. Lull them into calm and forgetfulness.
I knew there was a good reason I've practised my forgery all these years. And thank Merlin for all those long-winded posts of his; made it easy to copy his style!
At any rate, that is not what I wanted to tell you all. I have finally, I think, broken our streak of poor luck. Marguerite is a wonder. She dropped off a little envelope on my behalf about a week ago, following which I waltzed in with the papers I've been collecting on our part.
And now look what we've just intercepted:
Dear Mr Malfoy:
Thank you for your letter dated 10 December, in which you brought to light Mr Laszlo's communication with you during the previous weeks. We have reviewed Mr Laszlo's file per your instructions in that letter and agree with your assessment that he has provided adequate credentials to resume operations within the Protectorate. Commensurate to the information he made available to you, he has proven to our satisfaction that the incident of 14 November, 1991 was the isolated and unfortunate result of the actions of Mr Victor Laszlo, now deceased. Mr Laszlo's physician, Zelkjo Slobodanovicz, has certified that prior to his demise, Mr Laszlo was afflicted with a rare and irreversible strain of Jarvey Pox. This disease, as you may be aware, renders the victim unable to suppress 'socially inappropriate or derogatory' remarks, and in particular actions which would ordinarily be considered unacceptable or unwise. In other words: he was barmy.
Mr Henrich Laszlo having thus procured your permission to proceed with the application on file, we shall not gainsay the word of the Committee for Regulation of Magical Commerce. He is hencewith authorised to act as the managing agent and his goods, with the exception of the confiscated materials, shall be remanded to the customs agents in Dover for distribution according to Laszlo Limited's prior instruction. There shall be no need to go through the re-application process, nor the additional quarantine of future shipments. Naturally, Mr Laszlo further agrees to all conditions, limitations, restrictions and requirements set by the Committee, including audits, inspections and other Quality Assurance measures at the discretion of the Ministry for Magic.
We trust this concludes the business to your satisfaction.
Best Regards,
Pierre Nicola, etc.
Hah! I'll be revising this before allowing it to go on, of course. There's no sense in bothering such a busy man as Mr Malfoy with the knowledge that he 'authorised' the Laszlo documents in the first place, or that his letter greased the skids for us to sail through this time. The version he'll receive will merely state that owing to the exhaustive nature of our proof, the agents saw fit to provide all the credentials we need.
This way the goods they've been holding for two bloody months will be available in London before Christmas. Sadly, we're still at square one with the wands. But at least Laszlo can now import!
I do think we ought to be circumspect for at least a month's worth of shipments. Lull them into calm and forgetfulness.
I knew there was a good reason I've practised my forgery all these years. And thank Merlin for all those long-winded posts of his; made it easy to copy his style!
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Date: 2008-12-17 09:07 pm (UTC)Of course you know why I shan't be able to send you an actual present - but I did raise a glass to your health, young sir. (Young sir. I feel quite ancient hearing you say "thirty-two.")
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Date: 2008-12-17 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-17 10:32 pm (UTC)Since we can't be with you to celebrate the occasion, Molly and I will raise a glass of her excellent cider in a toast to you and in honour of your birthday. Thank you, and well done!
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Date: 2008-12-18 12:07 am (UTC)And I've no doubt that you hoisted one, old girl. As if anyone could think you old!
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Date: 2008-12-18 12:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-18 12:15 am (UTC)As to it being lucrative: Any idea whether Dumbledore's mate Flamel will be able to receive the deliveries on the other end? That was originally the plan; I don't know as it's changed.
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Date: 2008-12-18 12:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-18 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-18 01:41 am (UTC)I don't know when I'll see you again, but I'm owling you your birthday gift. I hope you like it--it's something I make rather a lot use of.
Here's to you, my friend. A votre sante!
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Date: 2008-12-18 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-18 04:59 am (UTC)I hope your owl can hit a moving target. I'll be off from Calais tomorrow. Not sure where yet.
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Date: 2008-12-18 05:48 am (UTC)