"Well, I wouldn't count out something like the mark entirely..." Nigel was in the midst of saying when Beckett brought up the idea of pinning it all on the Muggles. He paused, listening to the murmurs that went around, then nodded once--he knew when an idea was garnering interest. He'd leave it for now, and then when things settled down again raise a new idea.
"So how can we pin this onto the Muggles? It's pretty hard to swallow that they just somehow knew what wizard to kill," asked Bowen, back to stroking his chin.