"I can't imagine what you and Harry have to bee feeling," he said, though even the thought of Wren being missing like this was enough to make him break out in a cold sweat. And she wasn't even his daughter. He didn't think he'd be able to handle the pressure, let alone be coping as well as Ginny was.
"I think the novelty will wear off by the time you get back, and the boys at least will be glad to have a pretty woman back as their teacher. Not a few of the girls as well," he teased, as always going for the joke in a time of crises. It was one thing he was good at.
He grew quiet when she mentioned the diary, and a boy named Connor, and quickly went through the mental file of students. "I'm not familiar with anyone in her class called Connor," he said finally, absolutely sure of that. "There's a second year named Kevin O'Connor, but I'm fairly sure that's not the boy she was talking about."