Private message to Lana

[alt_rodolphus]

Working on that report for Hopkirk et al, already logged the details of items #O-428 and #O-431 along with theorised use. Details of items #O-427, #O-429, #O-430, and #O-432 also logged, but left theorised use blank.

But then, as I was shaving a bit ago I did note that my own straight razor (belonged to my father, a charmed piece in the family for years) was much like item #O-429, lacking only the mother-of-pearl inlay. Did any of the above items (excluding #O-428 and #O-431) remind you of things you've used within your own home? Or perhaps your Father's shop?

Now on a less business-as-usual note...

Lana - Good morning.

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[alt_lana]

Well, everyone has hand mirrors, don't they? Of one design or another. #O-427 is neither as ornate nor as expensive as most of the equivalent items my father carries at Harrods, but it is like ones we have at home and at the shop in terms of being decorative and silver of a good weight, and being magically voiced. The mirror I use at home belonged to my father's great grandmother, and it's very Spanish baroque: putti hold up the mirror with great, swirling silver ribbons; they talk back and forth to one another. Usually they agree with what the mirror suggests to me when I look in it, but sometimes they get up to mischief.

My mirror, of course, hasn't been used to practise layering Dark curses like the one we've been examining. Certainly mine doesn't try to blind you if you look in its glass!

(I need to look at my notes for the others.)

#O-430 Hair brush. Art Nouveau. French. Likely from a set including comb and possibly mirror (but not item #O-427). Sure. I've seen nice sets like this with the detangling and gloss charms. Mama bought a lovely set for Honoria because she made such an awful fuss whenever the nursemaid combed her hair. Of course, the nursemaid said that the easiest thing would be to just cast a detangling spell, but Mama favours brushing. Says it's much better for the hair. And I think, really, she didn't want any of our nursemaids pointing their wands at her children's heads. Besides, a nice heavy silver brush gives a memorable smack when a child is simply too recalcitrant. Or a nursemaid.

#O-432. Bell. Elf-summons. Again, the one we have at home is distinctly Spanish. Moorish, actually. But we certainly have one. Do you not? I don't know whether Harrods sells many. The families that use them tend to pass them on, but I suppose when Orion and I move from home, we'll want one. We'll certainly take an elf or two with us. I hadn't given it any thought. I'll ask my father about it. Was there something you particularly wanted to know?

On a less than business note...
Rod - Good afternoon. I'm sorry I've made you wait so long for answers.