Have you already left for that gathering you told me about? The one with Riddle? I realise you said it started at 7:00 p.m. and I know it's already quarter to, but Mum insisted that I dine with her and several of her closest friends and their daughters-- and what a bloody nightmare that was; I slept with one of the girls last month and never actually learned her name until tonight-- and-- what was I saying?
Oh. Mum's evil little house elf has hidden my favourite pair of lace-ups. Riddle won't like it much if I'm late, will he? He always was unnecessarily intense at Hogwarts.