Harry moved to wipe his sweat, and found Kodachi's elbow in his side, and she slipped him a frilly handkerchief, which he gratefully accepted, dabbed instead of wiped so his hair stayed more or less in place, and looked at the yellow sweat-spot on the cloth with chagrin. "Uh, look. Why don't I wash this and return it to you?"
Pleased at his manners, Kodachi accepted, then took him by the arm and led him off to where the boys went after they'd thanked them.
"Where are we going?" Harry asked, willing to let himself be led but wanting to know where.
"Did you see those boys?"
"Yah, sure. They went this way. But didn't we already thank them?"
"We did. But their mother thinks they are rascals. That may be true, but they did us a favor and it is only right we tell their mother so."
"But why?" Harry wondered.
Kodachi smoothed her dress and looked him over once, finding him satisfactory. Boys this age always looked rumpled, as if their clothes never quite fit. "Because she probably only ever hears bad things about them."
"oh." Harry blinked, then they were there, intruding on the family.
"Aaah, has ickle Ronnie got somefink on his nosie?" One of the twins teased as their mother used a kerchief to wipe a spot of dirt from her youngest boy.
"Excuse me," Kodachi pushed herself into the mess, dragging Harry with her to stand before the mother. "But we would like to thank you. These two boys helped us without being asked. It was ever so kind of them."
Both the twins blushed and looked away. Their mother stared at them in wonder, putting hands on both hips and scowling after a moment. "Fred, George, what prank did you pull on this girl?"
"Oh, they did nothing but behave like perfect gentlemen." Kodachi objected on their behalf. "They saw that we needed help getting our boxes on the train, and gave it. We just wanted to tell you how nice they were, that's all."
Harry nodded, saying, "That's right," something at a loss.
The mother looked puzzled for a moment, but could read no guilt in her boys, only their embarrassment. Having been tipped off, Harry could tell this probably was the first report of goodness she'd heard on them. The woman gave a great roll of her eyes and bent low, smiling to thank the reporting pair with warmth in her eyes, even if she didn't quite know to believe them. "Thank you for saying so."
"Good day." Kodachi curtseyed. It was archaic, but effective. Inspired by her example (she'd been on the button about the other thing) Harry bowed, also muttering the polite phrase.
"Oh, but you haven't told me your names." Mrs. Weasely objected.
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(Posted Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:24)
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