Blimey.

[alt_zacharias]

Anyone seen Monday's In the Soup? Ordinarily I don't bother with things like that but someone left a copy in our Common Room. And I was looking for the scores from the weekend.

Is it true what it says about the owner of the Wanderers? Now there's a boggart for you! I wonder what's to happen to the club? I've got two players from there, I hope they don't go under because their owner's - well, because he's gone and cheated.

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[alt_padma]

No one takes it in Ravenclaw.

Why, what does it say? What did he do?

[alt_zacharias]

Well, I'm not sure I ought to say here, since I guess he's got a couple kids in Slytherin.

Maybe I oughtn't to have said anything anyway, only now I'm looking for whether other people are talking about it. My aunt is. And there's a Mrs Hendershot who seems to think it's the worst kind of betrayal of blood purity.

But it's not as if he's a blood-traitor or anything. He's just had an affair. I mean, not that that's a good thing, of course. But it's not as if he'd gone and supported Sirius Black or anything.

Oh, and now I've seen in this morning's Prophet there's to be an inquiry about how the magazine found out about it all. Wonder why?

[alt_pansy]

Well, no, you probably shouldn't.

Elsinore has holed herself up in her room and is refusing to come out, and this is certainly not helping.

Is that all, though? Just an affair? I mean, affairs happen. So I'm sure it'll blow over sooner or later, and it won't affect your precious make-believe Quidditch or whatever.

[alt_padma]

Well, maybe for you they just happen! It's not an everyday occurrence for most people!

I've just gone to the library and there's a copy here. It's utterly lurid!

Oh, and I bet the inquiry is because Mrs Urquhart said she found out from an acquaintance who works at the Ministry. So I bet MLE or something were looking into Mr Urquhart for something, and maybe that's how they found out he was messing about.

[alt_pansy]

You know what I mean. Like Smith said. He's not a criminal.

It's just very embarrassing for his family is all.

[alt_padma]

I dunno. If the Ministry knew he was cheating on his wife, then he must be some other kind of criminal.

But I don't know anyone who's parents have done anything like that. Had an affair, I mean.

[alt_pansy]

Well, it's not like people would shout it from the rooftops if they had.

[alt_seamus]

Bloody hell, what do you suppose he was up to? Other than snogging his office assistant.

Was it his office assistant?

Towler's saying the girl he had his affair with was a half-blood, that's part of what makes it so shocking since the Urquharts are supposed to be very careful about blood purity. But I don't know where he's getting his information.

[alt_padma]

No, she worked at Harrod's or something. I don't know how they met, the article doesn't say much about that.

Oh, but it does say they recently started using the Private Messages to arrange meetings! That's pretty thick.

I mean, I wouldn't know anything about having an affair, but you'd have to be sort of thick to go about it where everyone can see it. Right?

It doesn't say whether she's a half-blood or not.

[alt_seamus]

Blimey, you said he cheated and I thought you meant at Quidditch!

But you mean he cheated on his wife, right?

I know someone around here subscribes to In the Soup but I can't remember who it is.

[alt_zacharias]

I know - I almost thought so too at first! It was the headline and everything.

But no, he was just cheating on his wife. With some witch who works at Harrod's or something.

[alt_seamus]

Oh, it was a shop girl. NOT his office assistant.

That'll teach me to listen to anything Towler says.

[alt_michael]

That's what I thought too!

[alt_ron]

How's it got anything to do with the club, though?

I mean, it's not like the players were part of it.