Potty Game: Five Words (Vol. XXI)

down in her bedroom for

I don't think we have established the exact time. Anyway, the Lexicon estimates that both Molly and Arthur were born c. 1950, but Arthur was born in February while Molly in October. It means they may not have been in the same year at Hogwarts. At least if they were born in the same calendar year, Arthur would have got the owl 11 years later in the summer, but not so Molly, whose 11th birthday was only after that school year started. Then again, it is circa 1950, so we don't really know. They also estimate that Molly eloped with Arthur c. 1968. That's probably where we are now.  

Arthur may have gone straight to the Ministry, or we may assume that at this point he is trying to get a job there (if he is just out of Hogwarts), which would add a bit to the general uncertainty.

We may assume that Molly had one more year at Hogwarts, or she may have finished as well. It's up to us to decide what career she was dreaming about, but her parents clearly thought it could wait if they were planning to send her abroad with Muriel. By the way, I could imagine Molly looking after young children. Or maybe animals. Or perhaps organising ... something. But perhaps she just wanted to dedicate her life to Arthur and their own future children.

a while, she resolved to

I think it would be irresponsible to elope before finishing school so let's assume Molly and Arthur have both finished.    I know the Wizarding World tends to be a little old-fashioned but I also don't like to think of Molly as planning to do nothing after leaving school. It's true that her parents are obviously not considering any possible career implications if they want to send her away, but I hope Molly had something in mind. It might not even come up in this story, it's just something I was wondering about.   

tell Arthur everything and to

I agree.   (Except that I don't think that raising children, looking after family, household, garden and animals and giving constant, reliable background support to a husband should count as "doing nothing".)

what she should do. The

 

to look for the family

...owl?

more relaxed. She savoured the

Good idea!  

its cage. The old Tawny

...Owl

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