"Get out of my house," Finis says. 

"Delighted, I'm actually in the middle of a meeting." And he takes Timothy's hand. 

Ways watch awkwardly. 

Timothy and Fredrick walk to the edge of the grounds and Disapparate together.

"Something's wrong with him."

"You don't say."

"Not that, that's not a big deal, something else."

"Bet you a Galleon. - bet you a baby dragon, if I am right I get to give it to Catherine as a present."

"That is the worst idea I've heard in. Uh. Three minutes, since someone came up with -" gesture at the door -

"What do you think is wrong with who, Theodore."

"Fredrick? And, like, dunno, as if he got on the wrong end of eight Energy Charms? And how'd he know we were back-"

"Felix'd do it if he happened to be on it right then."

"I guess that'd make sense if he was in the middle of some important meeting? Would Felix arrange, uh -"

"If Fredrick regarded it as lucky. I'm assuming Timothy figured out something by looking at Larya."

"They're usually married," says Larya. "We looked at places that allow it and they're not horribly perverted all kinds of other ways or anything - and it's Maitimo -"

...Karen attempts to edge unnoticed out of the room.

She might be noticed but nobody says anything, at least.

She writes her parents. ...And Stoller, a quick note that, funny story, dunno if Miranda's owl will arrive first, but, not dead.

"We should tell your family, too, they might've worried when they didn't get a Christmas card -"

"Or they figured we gave up, but yeah, s'pose."

"Do you want to, uh, find a priest or something -"

"That would probably be a good idea. I will find my checklist of sins and go see if Father Mere is in so I don't hold up the line Sunday."

Kiss. Kiss kiss kiss.

And he drops off a note at Rebecca's family's house saying that they regret having neglected to send updates but the children are thriving.

Rebecca goes to church and does not explain why she's been gone and confesses a checklist of sins and comes home.