“I suspect I would be stupid not to. Even if they don’t especially want me the invitation has been extended and…well, they’re quite powerful in the Ministry and I wouldn’t like to risk offending them,” Kons said, feeling as though he were explaining himself rather more than he needed to.
The trouble was of course that while the invitation theoretically may have allowed for his brining a companion there was no way on God’s earth that he would be allowed to take Amelia. The mere thought of how the Lestranges might treat her was appalling – he would be looked down upon himself but he could cope with that indignation for the sake of politics, but he didn’t think he’d be able to stand them being cruel to her.
“I hope you don’t think that by accepting the invitation I approve of their stances on, well, anything?”
The trouble was of course that while the invitation theoretically may have allowed for his brining a companion there was no way on God’s earth that he would be allowed to take Amelia. The mere thought of how the Lestranges might treat her was appalling – he would be looked down upon himself but he could cope with that indignation for the sake of politics, but he didn’t think he’d be able to stand them being cruel to her.
“I hope you don’t think that by accepting the invitation I approve of their stances on, well, anything?”