Thank you! In going over the books while working on this, it struck me that Rufus was in a terrible situation, and Dumbledore really made life more difficult than he needed to do for people who would be his natural allies. I don't quite get why, other than he had a huge ego and couldn't stand the thought of answering/explaining to anyone, which Rufus certainly would have demanded. Glad it worked for you, and that Augusta came though clearly as well.