I should have also made it clearer that this was serious business, and that anybody who wanted to leave, or didn't think they were up to possibly opposing the Ministry, could go in peace, and nothing would be said. Had I anticipated what would happen, there's one girl who would have gone if I had to drag her out by the throat. And nothing would have been said because as soon as I had a chance, I'd have Obliviated all memories of the meeting from a back-out's mind. Ah, well, live and learn. Unlike Tom "I-am-Lord-Voldemort-BWAHAHA" Riddle, or Draco "This-hasn't-worked-yet-so-it's-bound-to-this-time" Malfoy, I consider mistakes to be a learning experience. And even Gilderoy Lockhart taught me things, little though he may have realised just what he taught me.