Dear Rose, please keep me updated on how things are going at the Manor - she wrote - because if at some point you feel bad and don't have the courage to tell your family, I will intervene. School here has become extremely boring and monotonous. Even Kettleburn's lessons no longer bring me joy. Since he was ill, he has changed a lot. He's serious and cautious, doesn't trust anyone, and avoids strong emotions for fear of having another heart attack. Now his lessons are mostly theoretical. He talks to us almost always about monstrous creatures, he seems obsessed with them. My afternoons are busy since I became the captain of the team, but I'm still bored. The older boys who courted me have already graduated and the ones left don't even appeal to me. Thinking of you is the only thing that cheers me up. You who had the nerve to leave home, to move to the most unthinkable place, with the most improbable man of all. The Manor would have become your home anyway, but without Scorpius, don't tell me it's the same thing. You are a really crazy girl! But I admit, I wish I had the courage you have.