The older man actually allowed a slightly annoyed sigh. "Well, I can't say that I hadn't expected that, though I wonder what Quentin is doing at this particular time when he isn't playing the role of Napoleon." There was humor there, dryly delivered, but discernable if Malcolm would hear it.
"You needn't have expended the effort, however. As I said, I have contacted him already. Did you tell him I was coming here, or did you tell him that I wished to speak to him?" Snape looked at Baddock sharply, but truthfully, the answer didn't particularly matter to him.