She did not seem to be particularly offended by Leon's lie, or she was hiding her feelings. "Briefly, when I was on tour," August answered. But he had not been on tour for very long — only while he was waiting for his N.E.W.T. scores — so had not experienced as much of Italy as other men would.

"So I was primarily in Rome. And it was a very long time ago," August said, his expression sheepish.