Penny nodded and smiled. "You do strike me as a mother's favorite," she responded cryptically. "So, Claire is someone I shouldn't encourage my daughter to be friends with at Hogwarts?" She was really just saying it as a joke. What sixth year wanted to be friends with a fourth year, let alone one that was the age of a third year?
Letting her hand rest on the sofa, Penny's fingers brushed the material of her dress but didn't touch her leg. "How do you like working for Rufus Juggins?" she asked with a wry smile. "He is a terrible bore, I know, but he is a nice man."