The Dungeons

Horace,

I'm writing to ask whether you might still have the account book for the school scholarship fund in your possession, since it's possible that in the rush of recent events, you hadn't yet gotten around to returning it to the new administration.

Albus has asked me to take charge of dispersing payments from a fund that he and Draco are setting up to assist families who might choose to withdraw their children from Hogwarts. Given the current circumstances, they anticipate that many might want to educate their children elsewhere, but also assume that quite a few might not be able to afford the expense of tutors or tuition at Beauxbatons (which, I've heard, doesn't have the endowment that Hogwarts does, and thus charges a higher tuition rate). The fund they're organizing will help make up the difference in expenses, for those families who need the help.

I oversaw the school scholarship fund for many years back when I was deputy head, and I do have a good idea of which families are really in need of such support. But it would be helpful to have a recent set of accounts to consult, since no doubt there were some new students entering the school over the last few years whose family circumstances I am unfamiliar with. Certainly, it would give me a list of those who are probably most in need, and we could proceed from there.

Perhaps you could make a copy of last year's accounts, and send it on?

As ever,

Minerva

Dearest Teo,

I hope this letter finds you well and that the visit from Agosto and Francesca is not too terribly taxing. I'm glad the production of L'Orfeo was enjoyable and lived up to even their outrageous expectations.

I know we've spoken on the phone, but I prefer to put business matters into writing for clarity's sake.
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