I expect I've got broader in my views in the last twenty years; dying has a way of expanding one's horizons. I'd still pay top galleon to have seen Bella's face when she found out you'd wormed your way onto the tapestry.
As for your other question, Antonin Nikolaevich was an excellent tutor, but I wasn't a very apt pupil. Barty, though-- I never minded it. It was a bit like stepping out for the evening so one's flatmate can have a bit of privacy. If you see what I mean.
And I confess I might have used that analogy in conversation with a certain journalist friend of mine, who might have made a bit more of it in print than was strictly wise. I expected Barty would understand the joke even if he didn't find it as droll as I did. Nevermind. It wasn't the first or last time I was wide of the mark.
(Word to the wise: never underestimate the brittleness of Auror Crouch's sense of humour.)
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Date: 2015-09-04 04:05 am (UTC)As for your other question, Antonin Nikolaevich was an excellent tutor, but I wasn't a very apt pupil. Barty, though-- I never minded it. It was a bit like stepping out for the evening so one's flatmate can have a bit of privacy. If you see what I mean.
And I confess I might have used that analogy in conversation with a certain journalist friend of mine, who might have made a bit more of it in print than was strictly wise. I expected Barty would understand the joke even if he didn't find it as droll as I did. Nevermind. It wasn't the first or last time I was wide of the mark.
(Word to the wise: never underestimate the brittleness of Auror Crouch's sense of humour.)