Sunday, February 5, 1989

For all that I approve of Bagnold's decision to step down- even if my reasoning yesterday did not suffice, Bagnold has had a fractious relationship with the ICW since the trials after Voldemort's fall, which has caused problems with my being the Head of the ICW and one of her citizens—I did not expect it; nor does it seem, did anyone else. When trying to get to today's Wizengamot meeting, I was stopped no less than 18 times, not counting the conversations in the elevator, asking if I had known that Bagnold would be resigning soon, since surely she would have had the courtesy to forewarn the Chief Warlock? They do not seem to account for the fact that since I hold more than just the one position, the current relationship between the Minister and the Chief Warlock is not as close as is traditional, and that even if I did work less—or even if I had never faced her across the courtroom as I had with the ICW—we do not like each other. We both respect one another—England would not have made it out of the War as intact as we did without Bagnold's hand on the reins and I know it; but we disagree enough that the chaos caused by her dropping this bombshell without warning is just the thing she would enjoy. Now the hard part: how to not let that fact leak to the press…