Order Only: PotionsPotionsPotions. Oh, and Terry

We're popping up for a quick moment, in between scraping dead beetle juice out from under our fingernails and juggling stacks of notes about silicates and temperature differential and the effect of the phases of the moon on a long list of herbs, from A to Z, to say that we must have been utterly barking mad to think we could pass the Potions final without taking Potions class this year. But we're going to give it our all tomorrow, and if we don't manage it, Mum'll have to pry our potions scoops from our cold, dead hands, which should prove to her that at least we tried.

Also, in belated answer to your question, Sirius, yes, Terry Boot did sent back word that he received your letter. He was cagey, of course, talking about it since he obviously doesn't want to reveal that he's corresponding to you with our sources. But he did pass along that it was a real help, he was very pleased to get it, and he plans to take your advice.