"Of course not!" Dru exclaimed, too quickly to have possibly given the matter the slightest consideration. There really wasn't much to think about; there was only one thing to say in a situation like this. And Dru had no intentions of imminently abandoning Morrigan to complete seclusion, either. But someday Dru was going to be a society matron, orchestrating teas with other mamas to discuss the marriage prospects of her children; Morrigan would have no role to play there. Someday Dru might be the First Lady of England, if she had a whim to spur Albert towards some political ambition (she suspected she could stir him to anything; she fancied her husband was quite devoted to her, whether or not it was true). Someday she might be hosting grand balls and accepting disguised favors from people with political aims, who wanted her to put in a good word with her husband — Morrigan would not be there. Someday Dru might be a chairwoman of the Hogwarts Board of Governers, if she fancied, or a leading philanthropist helping draw up plans for new buildings and amenities. Now she was vaguely bloated from her first pregnancy and mostly still confined to home, but this was a stepping stone; someday she might have real influence and power. And Morrigan would be — at home with her books.
These were not the sorts of things friends talked about.
"Of course you won't," she said again, tone reassuring.
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These were not the sorts of things friends talked about.
"Of course you won't," she said again, tone reassuring.
ty MJ <3