She nodded. "I met her during the tournament, and we stayed in touch after that. I suppose there was a bit of string-pulling involved to get me in here," she said with a little chuckle before she sipped her own wine.
She did wonder if he'd known about the misfiring curse box, then reasoned he probably hadn't heard. And she wasn't exactly in a rush to reveal anything about that. It was - sadly - still an unsolved mystery. She reasoned it was related to the incident, but had no proof either way. "I knew her husband as well. The former librarian?" She smiled. "And I imagine when they have their baby, I'll hear about that as well."
Though that reminded her she should probably write to Ash, see how she and Ben were doing.