Lucius, considering the work you have done thus far, I would like to have you gathering more information. The methods you use, of course, are at your discretion, but the keyword, of course, is discretion.

We have gathered information on Bones, already and it was put to good use if not as good as it. What Ii would like to have is further information on other senior Aurors and hitwizards within the department. Scrimgeour, Longbottom, Prewett, more on Robards, even Podmore - you know the full list of course, but these are all ones that have come up as being particularly dangerous.

Homes, families, weak spots, patrol schedules - anything that you can manage to get your hands on without compromising yourself. And do not compromise yourself, Lucius. I would hate to see your talents and ability wasted.

Perhaps we ought to take Tullia and Prisca to the play in Diagon?

Tomorrow evening? Are you free?

Luncheon on Wednesday? Would you be free?

It was good to see you Friday, Laelia. Give my greetings to mother, if you will.

In truth, I think women are at least equally a curse as they are a blessing.

May I turn your prettily decorated ear on a topic of less romantic value and of a more intellectual nature?

How are you feeling ma cherie? Is there anything that you need?

I will be away again this coming Saturday night. I have managed to procure an interview with an individual who had provided an Oral History to the Museum of Quidditch. I will likely be a bit later on Sunday as I will spend as much time with them as I can. As I will need to portkey to Paris for this, if there is anything you would like for me to bring back for you or for our daughters, please let me know as soon as possible.

The Dark Lord desires Fenrir Greyback. We will begin with werewolf services - Find out everything we can about Greyback and those who are in his pack - but we will need to make plans from there. A halfbreed he might be, but the Dark Lord clearly has some use for him, and it is clear he needs a Master.

The Dark Lord desires information currently held within the werewolf registry in the Ministry of Magic. Those involved will need to break into the registry, retrieve these files and destroy those that are unneeded, all the while remaining undetected by the Ministry personnel until it is too late.

I would like to see a plan from those who wish to be involved.

I have taken the liberty to reserve a room for us at Ashford Castle. We should be able to enjoy a quiet dinner. This is of course, with me taking the liberty to assume that you are still available tomorrow evening?

I wanted to thank you for allowing our Lord's speech to be heard to all who were not in attendance at the masquerade. I assume that this was your quick thinking?

I will see you tonight. I will be a bit late finishing up some research, but I promise I will not be too late.

How do you feel about Reykjavík?

Do you have an escort for the Masquerade, young Lestrange?

1. -Check Journal of Wizarding History for article by Stockhex, J.
2. Find references for "Wizards during this time found it could be dangerous to associate with Muggles", et al - check Ludwiffe - You've seen it somewhere in the past two weeks.
3. Find notes from looking at Killjoy's journals c. 1645 - Don't want to bother Brookstanton with that again at the moment - assuming the journals even survived Bellatrix's temper the mudbloods & blood traitors.

I have been working on a project with the permission of our Lord and believe it is time for us to all begin to discuss it in more detail.

In short, I have felt that the Outer Circle needs more direct guidance. While most whom have been in His service for longer are well prepared, there are still many who have been within his ranks only a year at most. My proposal to the Dark Lord was that those of us whom are among his inner circle would undertake the training and responsibility of those in the Outer Circle.

It would be our responsibility to keep our eyes on those whom are our Mentees. We would train specifically with them, look for weaknesses, and work to encourage more appropriate behaviour publicly when necessary. Although they would continue to answer to all of us, they would have the direct guidance of one of us in order to settle them and help them best learn to serve His will.

In preparation for this, I have begun working with names and considering how rightly to place these individuals in order to best facilitate their learning. For the moment, I have come up with some initial placements. I am of course, open to your suggestions or improvements. Naturally, all final decisions will be made by our Lord.

Will you ensure that Laelia has an appropriate costume regardless of what Mother may or may not have ordered? I am afraid Mother's expectations may be somewhat unlikely.

Also I have business Friday evening; you need not plan dinner for me.

For Friday:

The Lainsborough off Diagon Alley. 7pm. Give your name to the maitre'd. He will be expecting you.

Rabastan Lestrange.

It would actually be a marriage up, he has more maturity on him than Regulus and is a stronger servant to our Lord. I do not know why this is only now occurring to me.

What can you tell me about the DMLE's activities on the night of the Masquerade?

There are six of us. We must each be willing to take on the Outer Circle at this point in time. Each one of them should have an Inner Circle mentor that they are responsible to. In most cases these decisions are clear cut - the person who brought them into the fold is likely the person they would begin with, but there may be some cases where that is not the most beneficial to his plan.

I will begin with who has brought them in and then the Inner Circle will meet and we will make final selections. Hopefully by the end of the week we can announce the pairings to the Outer Circle.

I know I would like for any under my care to train thoroughly for the rest of the month if we are to be fighting at the Masquerade.

Are you free this coming Friday evening?