Remus Lupin

I just wanted to check in before tomorrow night, especially following recent anxieties about Regulus. Everything's been fine here. No need to worry at all.

Well, no, actually it was rather worrying when he came into the shop the other day. He was buying some stone pot or jar or some such, of all things, but it seems it was a completely innocent transaction. I suppose even Reg needs homewares now and then.

I have to confess to hiding away behind the stacks and leaving Miss Tonks Nymphadora Dora Miss Tonks Tonks to deal with it, which she did admirably, due only in part to her having no idea what a potential danger he poses to me and, by association, to herself.

She's a very pleasant young woman and certainly exceptionally able, although perhaps a little clumsy, which in a shop full of breakable household items is not ideal! We've almost made a game of it, though, guessing what will get broken each day. It doesn't actually matter that a few items get smashed, of course. There's rarely anything we can't fix with a quick reparo, which is a spell Miss Tonks Tonks is most accomplished at casting.

I do wish she wasn't so averse to her first name, mind you. Tonks just doesn't seem an appropriate way to address a pretty young woman, but she's repeatedly asked me not to call her Miss Tonks, as we've known each other a while now, and outright refuses to answer any permutation of her first name. It's a little frustrating, if I'm honest. But if it's what she wants, I suppose I have no choice.

On an unrelated note, one of the customers this morning said something about a large fire south of the river last night. I doubt it really means anything, Halloween enthusiasm or an early start on Bonfire Night, probably, but did anyone else hear anything of it? Bill, you're down that way, aren't you?

After that murder a few weeks ago, I just wondered if it was worth checking whether this was another anti-muggle or anti-muggleborn thing. I'd pop down myself and have a look, but if the MLE are sniffing around, I'd rather not risk being recognised unless it's necessary.