After taking a stroll outside the castle, the two returned to the safe house in Hogsmeade. This cursed weather was hardly suited for a romantic walk outdoors, and curling up at home to drink tea and chat was far more comfortable.
Isobel always liked to talk about the progress of her potion research, occasionally sharing family matters, recounting news she had gathered from chatting with friends through the Two-way Mirror, and sometimes helping Albert sort through intelligence collected from the gray market.
They owed this largely to Dobby. In the course of his job hunting, the house-elf had gotten to know quite a few wizards living in the gray market. As long as they were willing to spend a small amount of Galleons for upkeep, many wizards actually didn't mind casually helping gather intelligence to make a little extra pocket money.
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