The Department of Mysteries had capitulated quickly to the New Ministry; thousands of times and scrolls that were filled with arcane and ancient secrets all dumped into their rebuilt parlor, though only a hundred or so pertained to their predicament. She had to hand it to the Unspeakables, they were all far more interested in science and learning than the change of politics that wrote their checks, far more willing to cooperate so long as it gained them new and novel knowledge.