Re: Sometime later...
Percy nodded, but with a bittersweet look. "I both look forward to and dread the day she's eleven. I already spend less time with her than I would like, but to be without her for several months at a time? Absolute torture. I have no idea how my parents did it, though there were so many of us, the house wasn't completely empty until Ginny started school."
He made note of the acceptance and left it at that - it wasn't that Percy was overly paranoid of George finding out about Lucy's transgression, it was more that it saved him one less bout of teasing, and perhaps gained him an ally on his brother's staff - something that could always come in handy, particularly for family surprises. "Excellent. We won't bother you much longer, I presume you've work to get back to. But again, congratulations on the position. I suppose we will be seeing much more of you in the future."