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Dux,

I've muffed it. I've bally well done it for us both, love.

Montague rousted Professor Slughorn out of bed, if you believe it, with some utter rubbish about how the honour of House Slytherin was besmirched.

I've a detention, of course. But if that weren't dashed well enough, Professor Slughorn hinted he might have to write your father.

I say, Montague might have thought about that when he decided to use me as his target. I'm jolly well not at fussed about the detention, what, it's the idea of what your father might do when he hears we've ignored his terms.

At least Professor Slughorn didn't seem to know about the ring. I say, I'm not dashed sure if that would have made things better or worse. I didn't wish to call it to his attention, though.

I'm sorry, sweetheart. On reflection I probably ought to have stayed instead of going back to my own dormitory. I don't doubt Professor Slughorn would not have been pleased to stake out the dungeons for nothing, what!

Blast and dash it. I wonder if we could convince him not to say anything.

-J