Harry immediately called Dobby and had the little elf go and collect both sets of documents from off the floor next to the desk in his room.
While they were waiting, Harry asked, "Read the article in the Daily Prophet about our betrothal, yet?"
"I have," Ted nodded back. "I can't use it to yell at Cuffe again, though. It was both truthful and non-insulting; other than misspelling Miss Granger's name."
"No; but you might consider writing up a 'press release' statement, though," said Harry. "Something from Hermione and I about how we're happy with this. And something that threatens dire consequences on anyone who tries to interfere."
"Good idea," nodded Ted. "I'll get that written up as soon as I get back to the office."
When the two piles appeared on the end of the table, Harry gestured to it and said, "That's all of it, thank God."
Ted was surprised and said, "Harry, I hadn't expected you to get through all of it. I only expected you to be, at most, about a quarter of the way through."
Harry shrugged and said, "I just didn't want to head into Christmas with so much parchmentwork hanging over my head. My argument, and Hermione agreed with me, is that it's best to get it all out of the way before more turns up and makes the pile even bigger."
As Hermione nodded in agreement, Ted gave his own firm nod back before he then pulled out documents from within his robes and placed them on the table before sitting down.
Once he was comfortable he slid the documents across the table to Harry and said, "That's the agreement with the warding and repair company to make a start on repairing the cottage."
Harry frowned in puzzlement and said, "I thought we were going with the goblins to get that done."
"That was the original plan, yes," nodded Ted. "However, the goblins were being greedy little... blighters and wanted too much to do it." Indicating the documents he said, "This company will do it for a cheaper price and do a better job of it."
Harry pulled the documents across and asked, "When can they start?"
"Tomorrow," replied Ted. "They want it stripped of the Ministry wards and new private wards up before Christmas. Then, straight after Christmas, they move in and begin repairs."
Harry quickly read through them and asked, "Fidelius?"
"Yes," he replied. "They want to put the Fidelius up while they work. That way, they won't be bothered by anyone trying to stop them."
"Smart," muttered Hermione.
Ted smiled and said, "I thought so, too."
"That's going to take some significant power," said Harry. "The Potter Cottage is a landmark of significant interest and I doubt there'll be many who aren't aware of exactly where it can be found. With that many people knowing of it, the Fidelius has to work that much harder to hide the Secret."
Hermione said, "I'm sure they'll figure a way, Harry."
With a verbal nod of acknowledgement of Hermione's remark, Harry quickly signed the documents and initialled where Ted had marked for him to do so, before sliding them back.
He said, "You'd best let Amelia Bones know I've claimed the cottage back as soon as the new wards go up. We don't want her going on the warpath to find the culprit who 'stole' it, even though it wasn't."
As Ted was placing the documents on the twin stacks of documents Harry and Hermione had gone through, he said, "That's the plan; yes."
Then, turning to grin at Harry, he asked, "You know this is going to get people all up in their wands about it, don't you?"
"Of course," replied Harry. "However, I don't care. They had no right to take it from me in the first place."
Standing up Ted called for his house elf, Benny, to come and take the two stacks and put them on his desk in his office.
"Well," he said. "That's all I needed to see you about, today. I've got a lot more work to do in the office, yet."
Harry stood and shook the man's hand. "Thank you, Ted."
Ted smiled, gave a nod and let himself out. He was apparating back to his office.
After he left, Hermione said, "How long, do you think, is it going to take for the Daily Prophet to get wind of the cottage disappearing?"
Harry shrugged and replied, "About five minutes after someone goes to the DMLE or the Acting Madam Minister to alert them. Therefore, I think we can find we'll be reading about in... three days, max."
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At the Unspeakable fire-side, the 'Spectral Threat' section leader, Scimitar, was on his feet and giving his report.
"For those who haven't read this morning's 'scandal sheet', news of the White Knight's betrothal to Bookworm is now public. 'Knight's Shadow' are tasked with aiding Monocle's people in ensuring no harm befalls either through the post. Any and all harmful mail will be checked and, if the sender is known, the sender will receive a... visit.
"The Black healer has been spending time communicating with a muggle hospital concerning healing Knight's scar. She is very concerned in making sure any corrupt tissue surrounding the scar is excised.
"We believe two points from that. First, if she does what we think she's going to do - immediately after the patient leaves the hospital, vanish the muggle healing bandages and use magic to completely heal the wound site - it means she may have come upon a way to heal magical injuries using muggle techniques."
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