The Scrimgeour family London home was by no means large enough to need house-elves, but none of the ones Holly had ever met — whether be it at her extended family's or friend's country estates — had never been so erratic with their mood changes! With furrowed brows, Holly wanted as he bounced onto the table and shrieking at (or was it taunting?) her.

"Small I may be, but I am far from stupid," she responded haughtily. She didn't want to play into his little games; he obviously was trying to make her mad! Though she may have been rude, she wouldn't lose her temper, at least not in a manner that included her striking him with a spell or anything.

"In fact, I don't doubt my brain is larger than yours already, and you're fully-grown," she taunted.