Ah, it was Irma besides Sybil in that scene? I always took the woman to be Septima... I love that ice-cream scene, too, it's just awesome *giggle*.

The scene where Dame Maggie comments on the dancing scene with Rupert ended up in a fic, too. Oh yes, indeed! One of my most favourite lines of Minerva is this one: "On Christmas Night, we and our guests gather in the great hall for a night of well-mannered frivolity." I want to write EPICS about that well-mannered frivolity...