It was a sensible assumption that Ministry officials would not care at all for someone without NEWTs score results. Quite frankly, she wouldn't bother opening a letter about someone in her current position if she was in charge of a Ministry department. Too many other things to do with so little time.

A head start would be wonderful. For a woman, a head start was everything. Someone in the likes of Kristoffer Lestrange could only have his daddy snap his fingers and the annoying snob would be the assistant head of a department in the matter of hours. While she was in a better position than other girls of lower standing, she was still a woman. "Thank you, professor." This was certainly not how she anticipated this conversation going.