Summer & OWL results

[alt_seamus]

The owl with my OWL results had to find me on a fishing trip with Mr Rosier. We went to Folkestone and went out sailing and fishing. I'd never been on boats much before, it was interesting. Anyway the owl did find me, even as far out as we were, and we were both reasonably pleased with my marks. Two O's, three E's, and the only exam I failed was Divination.

I didn't have my journal with me on the trip, but we're back! Padma you can come over anytime, if you'd like.

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Re: Private message to Professor Dolohov

[alt_seamus]

What I would or wouldn't do -- what I could, or couldn't do -- is really what keeps me awake at night, sir.

Mr Selwyn was your friend and you were there, weren't you?

How do you

I mean with my mother it was very fast. She didn't suffer. But I heard people talking at the wedding and they said with Mr Selwyn it went on for a very long time before he died and you all had to

How? Do you understand what I'm asking? What if I'm called on to witness if someone I know, someone I like, even -- I mean I don't think anyone I know is a traitor but I didn't think Mr Selwyn was a traitor!

What if someday it's Mr Rosier

Re: Private message to Professor Dolohov

[alt_antonin]

Mr Finnigan,

Yes, I was there. And yes, I was called upon to question Dominic, before Our Lord pronounced His justice. It was not the first time I have been called upon to do such things, and I do not doubt it will not be the last.

It is not easy.

But just as none of us can know another's necessities, neither can we be false to our own. I have sworn to obey Our Lord's will and to make manifest His desires, and it is the most solemn oath I have ever taken. Obeying that oath is often difficult. As it should be: we do not value that which comes easily, nor do we properly appreciate that for which we do not sacrifice.

When If you are called upon to witness the consequences of someone else's decisions, all you can do is to be true to yourself -- to your loyalties, to your beliefs, to your convictions. All we can do in a situation like that is to obey our own necessities, while at the same time paying honour to the necessities of those to whom we are connected. I do not agree with the choice Dominic made, to turn traitor to Our Lord's oath, but I honour the years in which he was my friend and brother, and I will do everything I can to remember that friendship and brotherhood while simultaneously condemning the actions he took.

All we can do is be true to our own selves -- to our oaths, to our convictions -- and to bear witness to the actions of those around us. It is, all too often, a poor set of choices indeed. But it is not for us to judge, only to act in accordance with our own selves and our own honour, as best as we are imperfectly capable.

Yours,
Antonin