Well, he was Spanish. Even Isobel Sandoval, much as I adore her, can become crashingly dull when she goes on at length about the homeland. To hear her tell it, Spain hasn't much left the 16th century and I suspect they would rather forget that little incident with their armada, altogether!
But you'll be happy to know that Reg's chat with you did not keep him. Though we did not go 'out' at all, dear: I still insist on proper etiquette when we have company, and therefore we dress for supper. I don't believe Lucius has held you to this standard in town (nor strictly speaking need he do so).
By the way, Lucius did speak with me and with your mother about the holidays and we agree it would be a good use of your time to take lessons (imagine not knowing your languages, poor thing!) with Draco's tutors over the summer. We'd already had him in French, but we'd like to start him in German as well, Austria being one of the countries we suspect will soon follow in Our Lord's footsteps. I've given your mother the names of the wizards so I hope she'll be making arrangements soon.
(And Lucius has mentioned spending a week or so with him in town. I'm sure you'll tire of each other before a full week, but if he wishes to shepherd a teen-aged girl, it's his own lookout. I did remind him that you'll want to see some theatre and ought not to be shut up in the library the whole of your visit!)
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Date: 2010-04-11 04:28 am (UTC)But you'll be happy to know that Reg's chat with you did not keep him. Though we did not go 'out' at all, dear: I still insist on proper etiquette when we have company, and therefore we dress for supper. I don't believe Lucius has held you to this standard in town (nor strictly speaking need he do so).
By the way, Lucius did speak with me and with your mother about the holidays and we agree it would be a good use of your time to take lessons (imagine not knowing your languages, poor thing!) with Draco's tutors over the summer. We'd already had him in French, but we'd like to start him in German as well, Austria being one of the countries we suspect will soon follow in Our Lord's footsteps. I've given your mother the names of the wizards so I hope she'll be making arrangements soon.
(And Lucius has mentioned spending a week or so with him in town. I'm sure you'll tire of each other before a full week, but if he wishes to shepherd a teen-aged girl, it's his own lookout. I did remind him that you'll want to see some theatre and ought not to be shut up in the library the whole of your visit!)