‘You’ve had a shower haven’t you, I’m going to have one too so get undressed because I’m coming for you as soon as I’m finished.’ Harry ...took Maria at her word, undressed and sat on the bed, naked, and more pensive than he would have cared to admit. While she showered he told her what he had done, and she was surprised to learn that Harry had put in almost six hours work that afternoon. Maria emerged quite quickly wrapped in an enormous white towel. She turned her back to him and towelled. Edgerton's function) the life she had led in the previous week. Absent from the report was any mention of her second visit to Nurmengard in the company of Harry and Sirius Black, for her activities outside of working hours were none of Edgerton's business. In any event, the biography (now close to completion) she was writing of Grindelwald was an undertaking that was known to, and even approved of by the ministry, and she had no need for Edgerton's approval of her writing of it, nor of her. I kept my face straight. “How old do you think I am?”She looked at me. “Meg said you were seniors. Seventeen?”Her tone was unconvincing, so I laughed a little. “I don’t look it, huh?”“No, you could pass for seventeen. But you don’t have a car at your site.”“My folks needed it this weekend, so they dropped us off.”“Oh, okay.” She narrowed her eyes at me. “So have you ever smoked pot before last night?”I hesitated. “No.”“I was wondering. But damn, we corrupted you then!” Alana exclaimed with a. I stopped people so they would bunch up in the lobby tonight. When I could see everyone from upstairs and down, I announced, "The man who was going to be my assistant didn't work out. You'll all hear why in time. What's more important is that Rebecca has accepted the promotion to be my assistant for the LA, and eventually the California region. I'll be traveling and Rebecca will be where the buck stops here. Help her learn and keep her informed the same way you do me now, and keep talking to me.