Well, I don't think I'm a rebel, and you're the first person ever to call me one. I don't think I can be a rebel against muggle laws any more than I can be a rebel against the laws of owls. But never mind it.
I don't have my family fortune here with me, you realise. It'll take some time. If that's the price, I'll pay it after the spell succeeds in contacting my father.