Francesca stood her ground, and even drew herself up to her full height when the woman pointed the wand at her. She was not afraid of being threatened — though perhaps she should have been, given that she was standing in a Knockturn Alley shop surrounded by cursed objects, being threatened at wandpoint. But Kitty Fogg had not impressed her as the sort of woman who could do real damage — except what damage she did after getting her claws in Francesca's husband. She was a manipulator, to be sure, but she had no one here to do her dirty work.

"Just what are you planning to do with that?" Francesca asked imperiously.

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