days end

[Lorna Van Patten]

"I'm sorry," Lorna said genuinely. Hogwarts was a lot of money, and it was the reason lots of people left. She wouldn't deny that it must seem worse right at this moment, though, considering Morgana might've got past the ban, if not for her father.

She hadn't met Mr. Gaunt, but she presumed he was an arsehole, always had. Didn't know why; she just got the impression.

That said - "I'm sure my mum's glad to save the cash, too." Tessa Van Patten had a head for money like no one else, after all.  Lorna let out a laugh, but kicked stubbornly at the loose corner of a cobblestone. "But really, you'd think we've got more need of NEWTs than all the girls that'll just leave school to be married, wouldn't you?" (Morgana might be one of them in, in that - but she'd not be any richer even if she did get married sooner rather than later.)