"I won't have an experiment until I have a basis for one," he says stubbornly.
He nods, deciding to take this more or less at face value. And then he raises his eyebrows inquisitively, because Rus is looking at him suspiciously and he's just darting out quod erat perforatum.
"Sampler plate?" he suggests dubiously, adding in irritation, "What's wrong with steak-and-ale pie and pickled eggs I don't know."
Oh, good! I like the liquid stuff, personally. Better range of scents, for one thing. Btw, Bellatrix (or at least HBC) is tiny!!! Her prisoner costume is smaller than Hermione's ball gown. If we get the scene in DH where Bella's menacing Hermione at the Manor, HBC's gonna be standing on a box.