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It appears that Draco is finally taking his first wobbly steps towards adulthood. He's been challenged to his first duel, and I have no doubt that he will emerge victorius. I have reminded him on several occasions about my hopes and expectations for him. He's proved a quite adequate son. His grades are the second highest in his class, and he has an adept facility for charms and curses. I've arranged for private tutoring over the past few summers, and now is the chance to see the return on my investment. I am confident he will not disappoint me by losing to a boy whose greatest desire is to emulate Dame Edna. Surely Draco can defeat a little nancy-boy whose sole pleasure in life derives from purple Bertie Botts beans. It makes one wonder, again, just exactly whom is being admitted to Hogwarts. Ah, Hogwarts, it pains me to see your slow demise.

However, Draco is becoming a man, and I am demanding that he be held accountable for his actions. Narcissa thinks perhaps I am being too harsh on him, but coddling him will not prepare him to take his place as the Malfoy heir. I well remember the summer I became a man. I wonder whatever became of my riding instructor... I think his name was John. No, Jack. So many years ago. How quickly the time passes when you bear the responsibility that I have borne.

In other news, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin are getting married. I am so glad they are keeping it in the Canis family, though I admit to a certain curiosity as to Lupin's intended use for the silver he's registered for. I certainly don't understand asking for a gift that I cannot touch, but the wolf mind is a foreign thing unto me, and certainly not the depths I wish to probe at such time. Sirius and Remus are coming for a small soiree, this weekend, and I am anxious to show Sirius my new partner's desk that I acquired in my study. Probing depths, indeed. Fortunately, this desk is impervious to claw marks.

Arthur and Molly Weasley have joined our ranks in our happy little online family, and it's been a most interesting peek into their family, ah, dynamics. I can certainly understand Virginia's motives in seeking out a partner that does not dandle her on his lap. I wonder if she still jumps when she hears her bedroom door creak open in the depths of the night. But far be it from me to criticize another family's code of ethics. Certainly it does promulgate family togetherness, although I am sure that Molly and Virginia stay very tired indeed at family gatherings.

I am redecorating the main ballroom, the parlor, the drawing room, and the South Wing. Narcissa and I had a lovely trip to Paris and to Versailles, where we both picked up decorating ideas. Under Narcissa's guidance, the Manor shall become even more of a showplace than it already is. In a true gesture of generosity, she offered to let Sirius and Remus wed in our small gazebo, and even offered to have the giant spiders removed but alas, they declined.

Severus has been spending entirely too much time with Xiomara and Sylvia, for he is now exhibiting the symptoms of menopause. I am sending him several bottles of absinthe, in the vain hope that he will indeed rejoin the land of the living and perhaps, most shockingly, wash his hair.

It is a great responsibility indeed to be a Malfoy but it is a burden I carry with pride. I only hope that Draco can learn from my example.

Arthur & Molly Weasley: Just watch what you

wehaveseven @ 2003-04-09 09:07 pm UTC

Lucius, I hereby promulgate your habit of STEPPING. OVER. THE. LINE. Once more, and I might just have to do something about it.

Arthur.

purestblood @ 2003-04-09 09:22 pm UTC
Re:

I do believe I've hit a nerve, Arthur. However, the first step to overcoming a problem is to admit you have one. You've lived in denial far too long, I daresay.

And ooh, Arthur. You're using multisyllabic words. Were I a woman, I might find that mildly attractive.

Lucius