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Jun. 29th, 2009 10:27 pmFrank and Alice:
I wanted to send you a letter about having Neville over last Friday, because I'm sure you're eager to hear a little more about him. I hope you don't mind me using the journals rather than sending an owl, but the boys have been sending our Errol on so many trips to ferry notes to their school chums that I haven't seen him in days, and even if I did, I'd hesitate on sending him all the way to Moddey Dhoo (he is getting up in years and I think he finds the longer trips difficult).
Anyway, Neville. He was a bit bashful around me at first, but he has lovely manners; I could tell Augusta has trained him well. Always said please and thank you, and he cleared the plates from the table after lunch without even being asked. I think of the three first year--well, second year, now--Gryffindor boys, he's probably the quietest, but he obviously gets along with Seamus and Ron perfectly well. There's a level of teasing there which shows they're entirely comfortable with one another.
I know you've worried because Augusta has complained that he's so clumsy. (Well, I must admit he did break one of my plates, but that was simple to put right with a quick reparo.) I had a thought about that, actually: looking at the size of his hands and feet, I suspect he's going to have quite a growth spurt in the next few years. My own mum always told me that boys who are still growing into their height are exceedingly clumsy, and that certainly proved to be the case with our Bill, for example. Once he stopped growing, he quit tripping over his feet entirely, which was something he used to do so often that I privately wondered whether the twins had nicked someone's wand and put a semi-permanent hex on him.
Let's see, what else can I say about Neville? He was rather self-deprecating, I suppose, when he was talking about Transfiguration and Quidditch. He certainly displayed a healthy sense of humour when the others twitted him about his skill on a broom. But I never heard him say anything the entire time he was here that was the least bit impatient or spiteful (and you know how boys can be.) A bit tongue-tied around the girls, perhaps, although that's perfectly normal at this age, of course! He might have been a little more talkative with Ginny and Luna than he was with Sallly-Anne or Pansy, now that I think about it. Perhaps the younger girls remind him of his sister.
Anyway, I thought I'd write this, because of course you're always eager to hear about him. It was a pleasure seeing him get on so well with Ron. I think it'll be a friendship that will do them both a world of good.
I wanted to send you a letter about having Neville over last Friday, because I'm sure you're eager to hear a little more about him. I hope you don't mind me using the journals rather than sending an owl, but the boys have been sending our Errol on so many trips to ferry notes to their school chums that I haven't seen him in days, and even if I did, I'd hesitate on sending him all the way to Moddey Dhoo (he is getting up in years and I think he finds the longer trips difficult).
Anyway, Neville. He was a bit bashful around me at first, but he has lovely manners; I could tell Augusta has trained him well. Always said please and thank you, and he cleared the plates from the table after lunch without even being asked. I think of the three first year--well, second year, now--Gryffindor boys, he's probably the quietest, but he obviously gets along with Seamus and Ron perfectly well. There's a level of teasing there which shows they're entirely comfortable with one another.
I know you've worried because Augusta has complained that he's so clumsy. (Well, I must admit he did break one of my plates, but that was simple to put right with a quick reparo.) I had a thought about that, actually: looking at the size of his hands and feet, I suspect he's going to have quite a growth spurt in the next few years. My own mum always told me that boys who are still growing into their height are exceedingly clumsy, and that certainly proved to be the case with our Bill, for example. Once he stopped growing, he quit tripping over his feet entirely, which was something he used to do so often that I privately wondered whether the twins had nicked someone's wand and put a semi-permanent hex on him.
Let's see, what else can I say about Neville? He was rather self-deprecating, I suppose, when he was talking about Transfiguration and Quidditch. He certainly displayed a healthy sense of humour when the others twitted him about his skill on a broom. But I never heard him say anything the entire time he was here that was the least bit impatient or spiteful (and you know how boys can be.) A bit tongue-tied around the girls, perhaps, although that's perfectly normal at this age, of course! He might have been a little more talkative with Ginny and Luna than he was with Sallly-Anne or Pansy, now that I think about it. Perhaps the younger girls remind him of his sister.
Anyway, I thought I'd write this, because of course you're always eager to hear about him. It was a pleasure seeing him get on so well with Ron. I think it'll be a friendship that will do them both a world of good.