"You're going to do it, then?" Professor Trushin asks.
"Yes." Karkaroff is, in fact, arranging the appropriate paperwork across his mahogany desk as they speak. "I've already sent Dumbledore the confirmation. We've only to decide how many contenders to bring. Viktor must come, of course; I'll have to owl his manager..."
"And how will the others be chosen?" Trushin inquires. "Not on the basis of your personal affections, I hope."
Karkaroff throws him a sharp, blue-eyed glare.
"I assure you the selection will be...fair," he says frostily. "And I advise you to take more care in phrasing your queries."