Thank you for your letter. By all that you wrote, I find it most improbable that anyone should cast aside a young lady as accomplished as you. Any gentleman should be very fortunate indeed to know you.

Which instruments do you play?

I fear I am not so impressive as you on paper, but, as you asked of me – I am my parents’ only child; my mother passed a few years ago so it is only my father and I. I was a Gryffindor at Hogwarts. I live in Hogsmeade, and work at the Ministry – though my spare time is most often spent on books, which I enjoy but can be lonely. I would love to one day soon have a family of my own.

What would you be looking for, in a suitor?

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