Ah he'd been right. The young woman was in fact Lavender Brown, and he felt certain this was the same woman he'd spoken to at the gala. "Yes, I've come to thank you for the basket of treats you sent to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement yesterday. I've also come to assure myself that you were, in fact, the woman I had been speaking to at the gala last week."
Adrian had no need to beat around the bush, to be coy or play games. He was straightforward and to the point.