'I know,' he demurred, brushing it off, 'but I would rather not lose your assistance for the few days it would take you to go to town and get your things, and if taking care of the books secures your time for the work then all the better.’ it was as good a cover as any for the outlay, this way they could cover the expenses and pass it off as self serving rather than charitable condescension. He had already explained to both Mister Leverett and Miss Fraser how much of their time would be needed on the projects and both would have their evenings and weekends to do with as they liked, 'and you may need some of the potions texts for reference while here'

'But I do think you shall need a vault' Meserimus gave a small smile behind his beard, 'By the end of the summer you might have rather a bit more gold than a coin purse is good for, and it wouldn’t be a good idea to go back to Hogwarts with so much money to hand'. he said gently, 'I can’t trust that I’ll bring all of my socks home never mind the money in my purse.' he jested, while there was no need for money within Hogwarts walls but that didn’t mean that there was no petty stealing, either out of habit or out of spite. 'After all when you are a world renowned potioneer you will need a vault to hold all of your royalties and I should rather like to say I assisted in that.' he ran his hand down his beard.

'If it suits we could take care of that tomorrow'

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