"You could just mention me or...well, what if you invited me to dinner when she was here? I could, er, try to talk to her this time. I tried at your last dinner, but it didn't work out quite as I had hoped. All she had learned from me is that I'm inordinately attached to buttering my bread, and that wasn't the impression I was hoping to leave. I don't want to put you in an awkward position but...Oh, Fleur, please, won't you invite us both to dinner? And put a word in for me? I would be ever so grateful!"
Percy suddenly was filled with hope. Yes, maybe if Fleur put a word in for him he would have a fighting chance!