Juliana smiled nervously in return. She thought it was a good ending to the interview — it sounded good — but one never could tell. Particularly when people said things about her qualifications; perhaps he meant that she really was well-qualified, or perhaps he meant it as a veiled jab at her lack of OWL scores on record. There was nothing she could do about that now, though, and time would tell if the Minister was being truly sincere or not. Two days, apparently, which was faster turn around than she'd expected. She was going to have to find a way to tell Camilla she was leaving — assuming she actually got the job.

"Thank you, sir," she said as she rose from her seat. "I'm looking forward to it. And it was a pleasure to meet you today."

She could worry about what she would say to Camilla on her own time; she didn't need to take up any more of the Minister's.

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