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Dolores Umbridge was a firm believer in the idea that good deeds deserved rewards, and there was nothing more worthwhile than working in order to preserve the ministry. From the very first day of her employment, the sense of bureaucratic synergy had felt just right. And things had to be just right.
It was her office, this little haven. She had been promoted, her skill recognised by her superiors. All morning Dolores had decorated the room; she had turned the wallpaper a most appealing shade of pink, placed two mandatory photographs at precise forty five degree angles to the corner of her desk, put a miniature rosebush on top of her filing cabinet and lastly, placed a little pot of perfect, spherical sweets beside her desk tidy.
Plucking a red one from the pile, Dolores relished the fruity flavour as she sat and began working on the latest initiative she was supposed to contribute to .It was wonderful, knowing that she deserved the sugary taste filling her mouth. When the last of the sweet had been consumed, she did not hesitate in replacing it. The second was green and it tasted of pears.
Over time Dolores had used her cunning to advance in the career ladder, becoming an increasingly important figure in the Ministry of Magic. As her offices had grown in size and the amount of gold deposited in her Gringotts' account each month rose, so too did the scale of the reward that Dolores felt justified in having.
Now, as Senior Under-Secretary to the Minister for Magic, Dolores Umbridge knew that she was almost indispensable to the wizarding government. She smiled at the photograph of Cornelius Fudge, taking in his serious demeanour and the pose that exuded exactly the right authority. Working to advance his regime was more than good, it was the best thing she could do with her skills. With a sigh Dolores bit into the salted quail's egg. After a few quick bites it was gone, and she licked each of her fingers, determined to enjoy every last bit of it. But she need not stop at one. Lifting another delicacy from her plate, Dolores ate with aplomb and continued until her hunger was sated- sated for the time being.
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