Justin Finch-Fletchley

O'le a ry,

Know youre feeling jollly well ill but must reccommend you go back to class if you can, old chap. Prof S-P will sur ely take it amiss if you skive off, what.

G Weasley can provide more lemon tisane later should you need it.

No excuses about revising. Meet library Sat afternoon. mUst insist, what.

-Finch-Fletchley

More than half, actually.

I say, I think my brain might just leak out of my ears, what?

And we've another this evening. I'm almost too tired to eat--but then one wouldn't want to sit Astronomy with no supper!

At least I've only one tomorrow. If I can make it that far, what! And the end is in sight, I think.


-F-F

Hullo, all,

Michael wrote to me and to Sally-Anne last night about assembling a small group of people we trust to practise the ventriloquism spell for Professor Dolohov's class.

First off, I'm willing to meet him this evening, as well as Sally-Anne (and I've told him as much, in Potions this afternoon). But second, It's got me to thinking--again, I'm sorry, what, I know I sound like a broken record--that there ought to be a better way of getting together a small number of people, so that we may arrange other groups like the revising sessions. I say, something larger than the lock but smaller than sending out an open invitation via journal.

Because I well take Michael's point, what, that there are certain persons and certain subjects for which one must take care in agreeing to work together, what? As much as I like Michael, I rather think he's not exactly someone we want to have here, if you follow me. But if we keep on using the lock to tell large groups what's going on, someone's bound to notice, what?

Ron, do you suppose you might ask Fred and George about a clever way to alert a number of people if we wish to meet up? I can only imagine that these little sessions are going to become more frequent.

-Justin

Harry,

I say, thanks very much for thinking to ask me and Patil to bring others last night. I hope we alleviated some concerns for the Gryffindors, what? I know some of us are still none too comfortable learning Professor Dolohov's subject but at least one can agree that the fellow does seem a reasonable enough chap.

As I said, my primary concern is that he does seem to expect rather a lot from us all, when we've other work to be doing for our other professors, as well. It's jolly well and good to love one's topic, what, but perhaps Mr Capper's unfortunate outcome can show us all the dangers of loving it to the exclusion of everything else!

Have any of the others given you any sense of whether it was helpful? Mind you, I think we bally well might need more protection from Madam Umbridge's particular brand of enthusiasm than from Professor Dolohov's, if you follow me. I say, she is aware that we're teenagers, what, and not still in our nursery room skirts? I quite wonder whether she realises that the YPL is good and all, but part of why we all liked Professor Siz so much was she treated us like we had half a brain among us. Did you see her message? I say, do you suppose she really wants to hear our opinions? Somehow I doubt anything other than wholesale agreement would meet with her approval, but of course one would never suggest a former Minister for Magic to be anything other than professional in the performance of her duties, what?

Listen, a few of us, including Sally-Anne and some others, were thinking of starting a Dark Arts revising group. If you'd like to join us, I'm sure you'd be welcome. I can't speak for the others, of course, but I daresay no one would be fussed if you cared to bring Miss Granger along as well. In case you needed her for anything, of course.

I'd have written to you earlier but I ran out of time at lunch and we've only just sat down in History of Magic, so it's the first chance I had since last night.

Hullo, all,

I say, did you see that Professor Dolohov's already giving out assignments and cancelling lessons? Classes haven't even begun properly, what!

I expect I shall have to use at least part of the hour on Creatures. (The tutor the Jugsons engaged for me didn't seem to put much stock in Care of Magical Creatures, so it's the one subject in which I've not had much help, if you follow me.)

Although come to think of it, he announced that the lessons will be cancelled after writing to Madam Pomfrey. I wonder if the two are related, what?

-Justin