Belinda knew that behind Melinda's prefect composure, she was excited - it was a similar principle to the one she generally used, although the excitement of being of age meant that Belinda wasn't doing her best to maintain composed.
"I did receive your owl, thank you. My birthday has been lovely. I was just in to visit my Aunt Pandora who gave me the most lovely gifts," she said, gesturing at the bag on her arm, "and was going to continue shopping, but I think such a fortunate meeting deserves some celebration." Belinda smiled brightly.