Do those names chill the blood? Well. It turns the stomach at the very least to see Minerva there amongst them. Not to mention the discomforting reminder that we've now three Marked persons amongst our happy few.

I'm not persuaded whether I should be relieved the list is no longer, encouraged that some on that list have turned, depressed that I can name some who are not mentioned, or puzzled by some of the names that are. Ollivander? Which of them is meant to be a Death Eater? Is that true?

As for the rest of it, are we truly to hurl ourselves into the teeth of the Aurors? Seize the day and die, is more like. One hopes this persuades no more minds than Miss Purkiss's recommendation that we all sit and wait for 'spring'.