Frankly, Bragi was just grateful to receive any advice at all — for he realised as soon as he'd spoken that this was a lot to ask of a stranger. But, even better, said stranger offered some solid thoughts, and Bragi nodded. "Thank you, that seems very sensible. Do you live here in Hogsmeade yourself?"

He very much assumed so, but what Bragi was really looking for was an insight into which neighbourhood Mr Michaud belonged to. He didn't want to voice an assumption, for to do so in these parts was also to have a guess at one's social standing. And that was just rude.