"Oh, I'm fairly sure it did, at least partway. Otherwise he would have kept his mouth shut either because he didn't care or didn't want to offend you." She shook her head at him. "Look. You're charming, funny, caring, handsome, good at Quidditch, have a great family. Of course he's jealous and wanted to get to you to take you down a peg." How could Hugo not see that?
"Now if they could just stop any more returnees, or predict when and where they'll show up and keep them isolated." Fat chance with that though. Magic couldn't do everything. Was there a pattern though? It might be worth mapping to see.
"Scrubbing toilets by..." She needed to get off this subject before she got well and truly pissed at her Uncle. "I'm glad you're not expelled either. Selfish, but I'd miss you, a lot."
"And so, you can't go to Hogsmead? Big deal. I'll cut a deal with Mags. Her handwriting's atrocious so I'll copy her essay for her and she'll bring us back goodies from Honeydukes. What? You didn't really think I'd go without you, did you?"