"About the same as usual," Emilia said easily, "Some idiots smuggled in Pictish artifacts, so that was - fun and different and interesting." She rolled her eyes. People were always getting into things they ought not get into, and then the Department of Mysteries had to fix it. At least it gave her something new to think about.
There was something else.
"And your uncle's mostly living in London now," she said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. If she said mostly, then he had not moved out, he had not broken her ribs, and they did not have the extremely evident problems that they were facing. Things had been bad around when Eavan left - Kit might have left before her, but not by much, and Emilia had not wanted to tell her family - and it hadn't been worth putting in a letter. "And Anne started at Hogwarts. But that's all."
There was something else.
"And your uncle's mostly living in London now," she said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. If she said mostly, then he had not moved out, he had not broken her ribs, and they did not have the extremely evident problems that they were facing. Things had been bad around when Eavan left - Kit might have left before her, but not by much, and Emilia had not wanted to tell her family - and it hadn't been worth putting in a letter. "And Anne started at Hogwarts. But that's all."