She would, of course, only tell her father about the purebloods who had caught her eye. "There's Mr. Gaius Malfoy," Sera said dutifully, "And I've thought about Mr. Bernard Prewett, but he's — odd." She wrinkled her nose. "A seer, all that. I've danced twice with Mr. Achilles Newberry, once with Mr. Lovegood, and twice with Mr. Lupin — Mr. Leon Lupin, but also once with his brother Lionel. I wish that Mr. Claudius Lestrange was a few years older!" Mr. Lestrange was very handsome and she remembered him being smart — she had not managed to discern that about any of the eligible men she had actually danced with.

"I apologize, father — that is a great deal of detail," Sera added, flushing. "I've been maintaining a notebook, you see."