"Lucius." Dumbledore greeted stiffly, the one man he hated almost as much as Tom Riddle was Lucius Abraxas Malfoy. He had been trying to turn the other Board members against him for years, thankfully Chairwoman Gertrude Vance was an old friend. They had attended Hogwarts together, although she had been a Ravenclaw, her youngest Granddaughter Emmeline Vance was part of The Order of the Phoenix and as deeply in his pocket as her Grandmother. "Chairwoman Vance, I am a little shocked that you agreed to this approach with so much lack of decorum and respect," Dumbledore said looking out at the remaining cloaked bodies.