Hermione . . . this is extremely serious. If you are to remain in the Order, you must control what you say, and to whom you say it. Anger may be a reason, but it is never a sufficient excuse to lose your head.
You don't think I haven't heard things a thousand times worse from Lucius Malfoy, and swallowed them all with a smile? Even as I watch people die day after day in the camps, and I can't lift my hand to save them? Or think of the Headmistress, being forced to serve tea and be all politeness to the greatest monster of all, the Lord Protector!
We all know that you are very young, my dear. It was at my recommendation that the Order accepted your service and let you into its secrets. It is helpful for us to have a very bright, intelligent and eager young person at our side, who has the same goals that we do. But if it is too great a burden for you to control your words, we can and we will place a memory charm on you, making you forget everything. And I mean everything, Hermione, your private studies of magic included. And we would probably have to do the same to Terry, too, because how could we explain to him that he could learn magic while you no longer could? You would both become mudbloods for real, Hermione, and we would do it with tears in our eyes, but we would do it if you endanger the Order.
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Re: Order Only
Date: 2009-02-12 03:04 am (UTC)You don't think I haven't heard things a thousand times worse from Lucius Malfoy, and swallowed them all with a smile? Even as I watch people die day after day in the camps, and I can't lift my hand to save them? Or think of the Headmistress, being forced to serve tea and be all politeness to the greatest monster of all, the Lord Protector!
We all know that you are very young, my dear. It was at my recommendation that the Order accepted your service and let you into its secrets. It is helpful for us to have a very bright, intelligent and eager young person at our side, who has the same goals that we do. But if it is too great a burden for you to control your words, we can and we will place a memory charm on you, making you forget everything. And I mean everything, Hermione, your private studies of magic included. And we would probably have to do the same to Terry, too, because how could we explain to him that he could learn magic while you no longer could? You would both become mudbloods for real, Hermione, and we would do it with tears in our eyes, but we would do it if you endanger the Order.
Please don't put us into that position.