'But he dumped her...'

'To protect her.'

'She might not want him back'

'She does, trust me on this.' Ron looked a little shocked at this.

'But I'm supposed to look out for her.' Ron said.

'Not anymore my darling...'

'No Mr Weasley, it's just a muggle expression indicating that the person in question is very angry.'

'Oh.' he said 'I see.' he looked thoughtfully at Harry 'How exactly do you know Ginny's a bit angry right this second?'

'Does that mean that you are not going to complete your schooling? What about your NEWTS? It was bad enough when Fred a...' she stopped talking and started weeping as Mr Weasley moved to comfort her. Everyone else in the room suddenly became very interested in the paintwork or the wallpaper.

A few minutes later Mrs Weasley had calmed down enough to blow her nose and look around the room. As her eyes fell on Harry and Ginny she gasped.

Apart from the fact that they were tightly wound around each other, it was also clear that neither of them was conscious.

Around the graveside group, about 15 feet out in various directions seven scaly hands uncorked seven phials and each of the goblins swallowed the potion. They were committed now.

From the undergrowth around them eight pairs of eyes now watched the group break up.

Had the meeting taken place an hour or so before, Bogrod would likely have simply exchanged angry words with the mysterious wizard. There would have been many accusations and the wizard would have been left under no illusion that the tenuous alliance was in danger of breaking maybe they would have come to a more beneficial agreement.

Now however...