Begonia too laughed at the joke. It was practically a mandatory trait of any debutante that she laugh at every joke sent her way. She was unsure if Mr Greengrass was oblivious to her signals or whether he was willfully ignoring them. He had been quite bookish and quiet at school (or at least he was compared to Begonia), so perhaps he just was genuinely not picking up her signals.

Either way, she would press on. Charming an independent man who had already received his inheritance with her stellar personality was always preferable to making small talk with married ladies about their children.

"Ah yes, your sisters," Begonia replied - she did remember there being at least one sister at Hogwarts while she was there, but she wasn't entirely sure how many sisters there were in total. "I'm with a brother as charming as you, they should be able to flourish in society."