Order Only: Tutoring

[alt_molly]

Regarding the tutoring that Remus mentioned: Alice, I know Fred and George gave you a list of names of who should be included. After giving it some thought, I think the best way to handle it is for me to contact the childrens' parents and say that I've arranged tutorial assistance for my own children and I'm willing to host sessions over at the Burrow. Shall we start on Monday, at noon? Then, Alice if you can write fidelius notes giving them permission to find 12 Grimmauld Place, I can distribute them, and we can move the lessons there. How does that sound?

Comments

[alt_hermione]

No, I didn't think you could do.

But. Before, Harry's visited the Ponds'--I mean, Laszlo's, that is--and they sent security to make sure it was safe but then they let him go there on his own. Maybe he could do that again.

Or maybe if we think like Slytherins you could ask Percy to ask Mr Malfoy if Harry could come.

[alt_alice]

I'd rather not take the chance. It might be worth your while to see if you could slip away, however.

[alt_molly]

Oh, do. Is there any chance that Harry might let you get away?

[alt_lupin]

Hold up -- are you thinking he'd arrange to visit Laszlo's again?

That seems like it should be possible, unless Alice doesn't want to let him visit 12GP. Sirius, what do you think?

The thing is I can't imagine he'll be able to persuade his keepers that he wants to spend every day of spring holidays in the company of the Laszlo's staff. It won't work, not as a method of bringing him for two weeks of lessons. It might be rather nice to have him for a visit, and he wouldn't need an excuse to bring you along.

[alt_lupin]

Though, here's another idea. Could he persuade them he's meeting some girl? Would any of the young ladies of the Jr Auxiliary be willing to play along? He could tell Rabastan Lestrange he's spending time with his new girlfriend and wants a bit of privacy, that seems like something even a Death Eater might understand. It would be a reason he might come to Doughty Conduit on a near-daily basis.

The trouble is that we have to assume they're watching, even if they give Harry space. But perhaps we could use polyjuice and a volunteer provide a facsimile of Harry, to drink tea and hold hands with some facsimile of Miss Perks or Miss Bones. Might prove a bit awkward back at school, though, I suppose...

[alt_hermione]

No. I don't think he could do that.

[alt_hermione]

Well, he wouldn't have to go there every day. Just once, like the others using the Burrow. He could go somewhere else other days and Floo from there (or he could probably Floo from Buckingham if no one could overhear him).

But Mrs Longbottom thinks it's too dangerous so it's okay.

[alt_lupin]

Well, how closely do they watch him? Won't they notice if he's gone for hours at a stretch each day? (For that matter, won't the Malfoy boy notice? Surely HE'S not Even if he can conceal his absences from the adults, his friends are another matter.)

I don't want us to take unnecessary risks, either. But given how much the Junior Auxiliary already knows, I'm not convinced that excluding him from the secret of 12GP is going to keep anyone any safer. He may need a safe house as badly as any of them.

[alt_hermione]

Draco's going to have a load of O.W.L. tutoring, too. Mr Malfoy would let them work together with the tutor but if Harry didn't want to do it no one would stop him.

That's why Laszlo was a good thought because they've both been before and Professor Lestrange knows it's safe. He probably wouldn't even need much of an escort.

[alt_alice]

I'm fine with Harry finding out about the safe house. It's his ability to get away unnoticed without a security escort in such a way so that people won't track him down to the Burrow or Lazslo's and start asking uncomfortable questions that I'm concerned with.

At this point, we're juggling far too much in terms of security, and his spending any significant time at Grimmauld right now is not something I am willing to risk.

The only thing I could see happening would be Harry meeting some of his friends for tea at Lazslo's, with Remus, Sirius, and Tonks thoroughly maintaining their respective covers. However, I think we all should agree that the entire purpose of all of this is intensive learning, and taking extra time from all of that for a social tea is going to be complicated.

It's not happening this time, I'm afraid.

[alt_sirius]

Fair enough, Allie.

Hermione, see if you and he can get away on Sunday and come round the shop. We're closed on Sundays so we can tell him it's a safe place to come, should he ever need it, without being interrupted by customers.