"It doesn't do any good to feel guilty and not do anything. Then you're just a liar AND a git. And mum might have blistered OUR ears if we'd done it, but Percy she'll just start wailing and hugging." Which might be just as bad, George couldn't decide.
"What gas is that, anyway? Where's Granger when you need her. She always knows random useless shite," George lamented, reaching to take the bottle back again. "So what do you think then? That DAD should tell Percy he's sorry?"