The ruse is hard. Not going to lie to you. Business has been good, which makes it harder, because we're both busier than all get out, which makes it harder to hide the fact that George isn't using his wand.
And hang it all, it's even more difficult without Hitty. Without another pair of hands.
George said to tell you he read the private comment you wrote to him, and he feels just the same way. Which, since he didn't tell me what the private message said, may mean that he has a mad passion for, I dunno, pudding at dinner. Just like you do.
Hang on a minute--
Back again. Have been talking with George. The thing is, Pans, we dunno if doing this, running this store, is the best way for us to be spending our time right now. George had me send an owl to Severus, volunteering himself to help with potion ingredient preparation for that Sleeper potion. He may not have magic, but he can chop daisy roots, or de-bone newt tails, or whatever else is in that concoction. He can help at night at least, when the store is closed.
And me, I find myself fretting that I want to spend more time with Fu, working on his defensive gizmos. Sally-Anne isn't the only one sensing that, well--
Maybe not a battle, but something's coming. We feel we could be doing more to help the Order get ready for it. Whatever it is.
We're actually a little ahead financially, right now, so we do have the breathing room to step back for a bit, if we chose to put the shop on a bit longer holiday. Or we could hire a couple of our friends who have left Hogwarts and keep it open half-time, with just one of us on site. Mum's feeling it, too: she's found a half-blood woman by the name of Jia Wang to take over the day-to-day management of the Emporium in exchange for a place to stay (don't worry, she has bonafides that are really airtight--one of Bill's forgers provided them).
George says: maybe this isn't reassuring at all. But we think we need to spend more time developing products that will help the Order, something that would help if it comes down to hand-to-hand hexing. If it does come down to that, we'll probably be in the thick of it, you know. I'll be helping the Muggle fighters, and Fred'll be pulling out his wand to help the Order. Trying not to get hexed by Ron or Justin or our sister-in-law.
Would you be all right if we cut the store hours a bit? It's all right with us; Mum won't let us starve, but you wouldn't be getting your percentage of profit as quickly as usual.
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And hang it all, it's even more difficult without Hitty. Without another pair of hands.
George said to tell you he read the private comment you wrote to him, and he feels just the same way. Which, since he didn't tell me what the private message said, may mean that he has a mad passion for, I dunno, pudding at dinner. Just like you do.
Hang on a minute--
Back again. Have been talking with George. The thing is, Pans, we dunno if doing this, running this store, is the best way for us to be spending our time right now. George had me send an owl to Severus, volunteering himself to help with potion ingredient preparation for that Sleeper potion. He may not have magic, but he can chop daisy roots, or de-bone newt tails, or whatever else is in that concoction. He can help at night at least, when the store is closed.
And me, I find myself fretting that I want to spend more time with Fu, working on his defensive gizmos. Sally-Anne isn't the only one sensing that, well--
Maybe not a battle, but something's coming. We feel we could be doing more to help the Order get ready for it. Whatever it is.
We're actually a little ahead financially, right now, so we do have the breathing room to step back for a bit, if we chose to put the shop on a bit longer holiday. Or we could hire a couple of our friends who have left Hogwarts and keep it open half-time, with just one of us on site. Mum's feeling it, too: she's found a half-blood woman by the name of Jia Wang to take over the day-to-day management of the Emporium in exchange for a place to stay (don't worry, she has bonafides that are really airtight--one of Bill's forgers provided them).
George says: maybe this isn't reassuring at all. But we think we need to spend more time developing products that will help the Order, something that would help if it comes down to hand-to-hand hexing. If it does come down to that, we'll probably be in the thick of it, you know. I'll be helping the Muggle fighters, and Fred'll be pulling out his wand to help the Order. Trying not to get hexed by Ron or Justin or our sister-in-law.
Would you be all right if we cut the store hours a bit? It's all right with us; Mum won't let us starve, but you wouldn't be getting your percentage of profit as quickly as usual.