Dearest Journal,

Ace assured me all would be well today when I spoke to him of it last night. But what he could not anticipate is Mrs. Calliope Riley’s attention to me on the street. She was the most severe in talking to me when she has hardly deemed to do so all these years we have known each other. But I do not wish to dwell on such unpleasant things. It was bad enough that Hogsmeade smelled so, and that it was cold and dreary outside.

Enough of the complaints, I shall turn to a happier topic. Ace’s brother, King, seemed to take to me well enough and Jolie missed us at tea. I suppose I shall have to meet her properly on their holiday break. I should like to see her and Sybille again. Why, the last time I saw Sybille she hadn’t even started Hogwarts yet and she is already a second year!

Lucille