Danish, he said, and Howell had no idea what Denmark had to do with his cheeses (his cheeses were perfectly Welsh), but, being a man for whom questions were often better off not asked, Howell didn’t ask.
At any rate, he was taken aback enough by the next comment, which was – the largest order Howell had had in quite some time. “Right,” he said with a nod that didn’t completely disguise his bewilderment. “‘Course. I’ve –” Not about to let Mr. Honeyduke think better of his request, Howell had already begun packing away wheels and blocks of cheese together in a crate, but paused to hunt down a tenderly-handwritten list of everything on the stall and its ingredients. He knew the duplicating spell just fine, but he wasn’t about to faff about here – he gave Honeyduke the parchment list right off. “Got this. Here.”
He bundled it into the top of the box, and offered it over with the same emotion in his chest as if he was witnessing a toddling dragon take flight for the first time. Maybe – and Howell didn’t like to get his hopes up irrationally, but still, potentially – Honeyduke would be a dragon cheese convert, and eventually order more. He could live with that.
At any rate, he was taken aback enough by the next comment, which was – the largest order Howell had had in quite some time. “Right,” he said with a nod that didn’t completely disguise his bewilderment. “‘Course. I’ve –” Not about to let Mr. Honeyduke think better of his request, Howell had already begun packing away wheels and blocks of cheese together in a crate, but paused to hunt down a tenderly-handwritten list of everything on the stall and its ingredients. He knew the duplicating spell just fine, but he wasn’t about to faff about here – he gave Honeyduke the parchment list right off. “Got this. Here.”
He bundled it into the top of the box, and offered it over with the same emotion in his chest as if he was witnessing a toddling dragon take flight for the first time. Maybe – and Howell didn’t like to get his hopes up irrationally, but still, potentially – Honeyduke would be a dragon cheese convert, and eventually order more. He could live with that.
