I wasn’t sure if I was pleased or disappointed when she agreed that it should be examined – I was torn between wanting to keep it and wanting to feel verified in my concerns about it. In a way it reminded me of the whole blood purity thing, where people were judged on something which again they had no power over – who their parents were – and reinstated my conviction that any assessment made about someone based on something they couldn’t control wasn’t an assessment worth taking any notice of. XXX These are of course the property of JRR Tolkien and I claim them in no way whatsoever. “Right. “Back to denial, are we, Lily?”
She shook her head furiously. I was absolutely in agreement with him but I’d heard
