'I'll just keep a werewolf, it should only be a bother once a month,' Severus snarked. If the woman didn't behave he'd probably buy a Hippogriff, just to annoy her. 'Lupin has promised to assist me in reparing the house, not that it is in too bad a shape, though.' Severus poked at the pie with a fork. Unfortunately it was still too hot to eat.
'The day I'll be back on Hogwarts is the day they are dragging my dead body up there. No more children.' Severus sighed. There had been a few good things about Hogwarts, and people the age from eleven to eighteen were not amongst them. 'No, my darling Rosmerta, I am planning to open a shop.'