"How does one mistake a person for a house elf?" Minty stated the, what it seemed to her, obvious. "Oh!" She mediately corrected herself. "Unless she had something poisoned and the house elf ate it by accident."

Suddenly, the box opened abruptly and broke into song - some popular love song of the times. Confetti also jumped out.

What also happened was that Minty was startled, dropping the box on her feet, which in turn had her cry in pain and losing her balance. She grabbed onto Mr. Selwyn in order not to fall.