"Yes," Bryony agreed. Her mind flashed back to her conversation with Dean not so long ago, about how the war - and the fact that Harry Potter had won it - had actually turned things around for some people. She didn't think now was the time for such thoughts, but she did privately wonder if without a war, Marcus would have been under his father's thumb for far longer. "But things are better now, aren't they?" she asked, hoping she could prompt him to remember. "For both of us."
She nodded. "I'm sure it will," she agreed. "But you don't really have a deadline. You don't have to do it all right now." If the Manor stood empty for a while, it wouldn't be the end of the world. She would help, and she would make sure Marcus took breaks as well, rather than working himself to exhaustion.