"I'm sorry she's not here to see you but I'll pass on the compliments to her," she replied as she went over to one of the couches and took a seat. She was sure that the woman would appreciate hearing that one of her former students had complimented her home. There wasn't even an sort of biasness with it. Astoria got nothing about of being kind in that regard. Not now.
She reached down to prepare her tea. "Oh, well, nothing very much has been going on. I do believe I'm going to be going forward with this Three Broomsticks idea. I need to do my research though. No one will take me seriously if I don't know what I'm talking about." This wasn't some sort of fleeting fancy to her. She really wanted to put work into this.