Nymphadora. Goodness, I hadn't even had opportunity to glance in my journal before just now.
Well.
Surely, dear, you realise that Our Lord's generosity is perfect but that He understands not all will be able to attend. Naturally, one would not expect trade to be brisk with most everyone at the Cup, so I'm sure you have no hesitation on account of your husband's shop. But of course, even without the concern of keeping your doors open, no one would expect you to bring an infant to such a lengthy event, even one as - photogenic - as Albia is, I'm sure.
Moreover, you must also understand that the tickets and the Portkey orders were distributed according to an exhaustive effort on behalf of multiple Ministry departments. I could not begin to imagine how to prevail upon them, nor even upon whom such a request might best be directed. And unfortunately, at present, your uncle and I are both extremely preoccupied with matters of state, pertaining to the important visitors whose support was so instrumental in aiding Our Lord's entreaty to host the Cup.
I suppose the best advice I have for you is to decide between you and your husband which of either of you would most like to attend, or whether you would both prefer to remain. If you both do elect to pass up this opportunity, however, you might consider providing some service that would explain your absence without any chance of incurring the disapproval of your neighbours. Offering to aid your former foster-brother, for example, might afford both him and you a measure of peace of mind.
I am sorry, Dora, that I have no better counsel, nor much in the way of time to give it.
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Date: 2011-08-24 02:52 am (UTC)Well.
Surely, dear, you realise that Our Lord's generosity is perfect but that He understands not all will be able to attend. Naturally, one would not expect trade to be brisk with most everyone at the Cup, so I'm sure you have no hesitation on account of your husband's shop. But of course, even without the concern of keeping your doors open, no one would expect you to bring an infant to such a lengthy event, even one as - photogenic - as Albia is, I'm sure.
Moreover, you must also understand that the tickets and the Portkey orders were distributed according to an exhaustive effort on behalf of multiple Ministry departments. I could not begin to imagine how to prevail upon them, nor even upon whom such a request might best be directed. And unfortunately, at present, your uncle and I are both extremely preoccupied with matters of state, pertaining to the important visitors whose support was so instrumental in aiding Our Lord's entreaty to host the Cup.
I suppose the best advice I have for you is to decide between you and your husband which of either of you would most like to attend, or whether you would both prefer to remain. If you both do elect to pass up this opportunity, however, you might consider providing some service that would explain your absence without any chance of incurring the disapproval of your neighbours. Offering to aid your former foster-brother, for example, might afford both him and you a measure of peace of mind.
I am sorry, Dora, that I have no better counsel, nor much in the way of time to give it.