"Oh," Juliana said, with surprise that was only half feigned. She hadn't really been expecting Mrs. Lestrange to bring it up. It was rather tactless, really, but it did make transitioning into this next piece of the conversation much easier, so it wasn't as though Juliana was one to complain.

"Yes, I've had a terrible time of it," she said, looking at her shoes. She wished she had a biscuit at hand, but she couldn't snack on them while customers were watching. They were really the best biscuits, though, aside from the ones the Hogsmeade market sold in that little bakery stand on Tuesday mornings.

"But I wasn't the only one dragged into things. I'm sure Mr. MacFusty has had more attention than he would like — and Miss Finch and Mr. Crouch," she commented, hoping Mrs. Lestrange would pick up on the bait to elaborate a bit more on her feelings about Mr. Crouch. She'd told Camilla that they were great friends, which was news to Juliana, and she'd spent an hour trying to dig up various sorts of dirt on the man from old Witch Weekly articles just due to his association with Mrs. Finch.