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the lees are all safely here. it took a good two hours to pack up all their books properly, and there was a bit of dodginess when we tried to leave with them -- the man processing their paperwork saw what the papers said, that the twins were headed off to get experimented on by that rookwood bloke, and he turned pale as a sheet -- asked to talk to the lees alone. regina told us that he'd tried his best to stop them from going -- he told them that if one of the babies was all of a sudden ill, the transfer could wait. and then when we came back in, he tried to hold it up by claiming there was an error in the paperwork and that we'd have to come back later. there wasn't, of course, but merlin we were sweating there for a bit. if he'd dug too deeply, or insisted on floo calling the other camp to confirm things, it could have gotten rough all round.

but as it was, we got out just fine, and he seemed to be a good sort of bloke to keep in mind as someone that might just be more on our side than not. what was his name again, arthur? nick somebody.

they've just finished on their tour of the place, and haven't stopped asking questions since they got here. fu liked the water-pump and the boat engine, and grilled danny about both for ages, and gina liked the garden and greenhouses, and she and steve really hit it off. they're both meeting with arabella right now.