"Thank Merlin," Chas replied dryly. She quieted for a moment after that, nibbling on her lower lip. She was sure there was some better way to come out with it, but Chas had never been one for beating round the bush. "Barty was killed in the Battle. And his daughter Bayleigh, too. And then I just found out... I'm pregnant." She rested her hand on stomach, and then remembered to add, "Er, I'm not that pregnant. Only like 7 weeks. It's Barty's."