Mother would be pleased to know that I my manners have not suffered too poorly. If you were to know my mother, you would know that anything you ask, does in fact come with a lecture, and I feel like she would have made an excellent professor at Hogwarts for it. I am pleased to hear, at least, that the flowers were enjoyable, I thought them quite the lovely silhouette, in addition to the fragrance.

My goodness! That sounds like quite the splash indeed. I too wondered what caused the kerfuffle then. Do you suppose he had vexed her? Tried to get too close? Perhaps he had foul-smelling breath? I can imagine several different reasons, but none of them quite warrant a full shove into the pond.

Your cousin is undoubtedly trying to fleece you; snidgets have not been used in the sport for several hundred years after their near extinction in the 1200s. We only use the snitches now. Much easier, less messy. More humane as well. I have however, seen some in person, they are impossibly tiny and fast, so I can understand the inspiration for the snitch. Speaking of, work will tie me up quite a bit over the next few weeks, unfortunately I will be unable to find a time to call during normal hours. I hope that is alright.