Macnair didn't think Percy had an appropriate answer for what Daphne had said. He should have said 'yes now please' instead. But clearly he was more socially inept than Macnair had originally given him credit for. "Of course I am a department head! I'm Head of the Department of International Relations at the Ministry of Magic. It's more than you could ever hope to be," he retorted the young man. "And she cursed first, if you've fucking forgotten."
He looked toward the door. "I'm going in too!" he exclaimed when she insisted her and Percy go inside again.