Evie strided into the corridor outside the employment office. It wasn't like her to attempt to make "connections" but she was rather desperate for a job. She glanced around the corridor and noticed a young woman reading Hogwarts, A History.

She walked over to the bulletin board and pretended to read it. She wondered whether the girl would acknowledge her. She thought for a moment about striking up a conversation about Hogwarts, given the book the girl was reading, but then she decided against it. The conversation would inevitably turn towards which House the other had been in, and Evie had no wish to discuss the difficult time she had in Slytherin.