Violet was peering at the thermometer at the moment and saw that it had just reached 40 degrees, so she cut off the flame. Then she took her dissolved rennet mixture, added it to her cauldron, and set her timer for two minutes as she began to stir it.

A cheese-making charm, who knew? Violet had never heard of such a thing, though her grandfather didn't like her to hang around in the kitchens much, so she didn't know that much about cooking and housekeeping spells. See, now she needed that--she'd be sure to write him and tell him so.

'Caseum celeri,' she repeated in her head, to make sure she remembered the pronunciation.