Then afternoon mail arrived, owls sweeping through the space, mostly delivering larger papers or magazines to students at the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw tables.  A few students at the Slytherin table received small notes, likely from prejudiced parents who had read the morning paper.  From her spot closest to the Gryffindor table she heard headlines like "President’s daughter hooks billionaire," "President finding funding through daughter’s boyfriend?," "Scott Whitney loses girlfriend to British hunk?," and on and on they went.