Trust Miss Thompsett to swoop in and save the day, Genia thought, resisting the urge to roll her eyes, just as she swooped in to take Head Girl. Even as she thought it, looming nostalgia (coupled with the fact that the Gryffindor was quite genuinely kind) stopped her from feeling any genuine ill-will. That she would save for the likes of Farris and Parkinson.
"It matters little enough if we are ready or not," she answered Miss Thompsett wryly, though her comment was intended for the assemblage, "for we must appear as such if we are to make good first impressions."
For some, this would be the only impression they would have an opportunity to make.
She paused for a moment, took stock of her fellow seventh years. Miss Bell was fidgeting already, not an ideal sign. Miss Erstwhile had been swallowed by her gown and even Miss Thompsett's efforts to put it to rights hadn't been able to help that. But the others? Misses Farris and Parkinson would do well if they didn't let their tongues get the better of them (not that she would ever admit as much). Miss Thompsett was the picture of grace. Desdemona may have lacked a mother but, like Genia, she had other relations to step in and help shepherd her through the season. Even Miss Potts seemed relatively ready for what lay on the horizon, even though her sister's scandalous marriage would preclude her from consideration by anyone who mattered.
It would be wonderful not to see some of these faces every day, or indeed, ever again.
Some, though, Genia might well miss.
"It matters little enough if we are ready or not," she answered Miss Thompsett wryly, though her comment was intended for the assemblage, "for we must appear as such if we are to make good first impressions."
For some, this would be the only impression they would have an opportunity to make.
She paused for a moment, took stock of her fellow seventh years. Miss Bell was fidgeting already, not an ideal sign. Miss Erstwhile had been swallowed by her gown and even Miss Thompsett's efforts to put it to rights hadn't been able to help that. But the others? Misses Farris and Parkinson would do well if they didn't let their tongues get the better of them (not that she would ever admit as much). Miss Thompsett was the picture of grace. Desdemona may have lacked a mother but, like Genia, she had other relations to step in and help shepherd her through the season. Even Miss Potts seemed relatively ready for what lay on the horizon, even though her sister's scandalous marriage would preclude her from consideration by anyone who mattered.
It would be wonderful not to see some of these faces every day, or indeed, ever again.
Some, though, Genia might well miss.
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