Private Message to Padma

Padma, I have been the recipient of excellent news by owl from my Father! When I told him about Ravenclaw Corner and the studious and diligent example we are trying to set for others who could benefit from such leadership, he was much pleased. However satisfying it is to win his approval, I could not have anticipated the delightful intelligence just received: one of his old Ravenclaw cronies, a boffin of the first water who has been rather successful in trade, has made a substantial gift to Hogwarts. Not only is it earmarked for increasing the holdings of the library, but the donor has specified that he wishes the current top Ravenclaw students to have responsibility for directing ten percent of the gift. We are talking a substantial number of Galleons, here, too!

We shall have to plot! Yes, we shall!

Seriously, I am in transports.