"Interesting." Richard thinks. He wonders if Miss Davis' brother was lost coming back home, or if he'd simply never appeared. The upper class that he knew, for the most part, did not seem to care much about keeping track of their servants, especially not the younger ones or the ones who did smaller jobs.

Perhaps it would be better if they discussed this at the Ministry. Goodness knows that he did not want to keep others from their shopping, and he did feel a bit in the way as he was in the quill store. "May I suggest that we meet again, or otherwise move our conversation? I should hate to keep you from buying your quills." he suggested politely, hoping that it would be received well.