From the 1870s onward, Egypt had become a popular winter holiday destination for both the wealthy and the less well-off.
Pomona looked at the Daily Prophet on the table. Its front page still featured moving photographs, though they were no longer of the "lucky" Weasley family winning a grand prize. That year, Bill had still been working at Gringotts in Egypt, and the Weasleys had gone to visit him while taking a trip around Egypt.
Though Arthur was not wealthy, he had done everything he could to give his children a fairly wonderful childhood. The year after the Weasleys went to Egypt, they attended the Quidditch World Cup. If the Death Eaters had not appeared, it would have been a wonderful memory—except for Dudley, who had eaten the Ton-Tongue Toffee the twins gave him.
Wizards' "jokes" were not nearly so amusing to Muggles. Dudley had needed surgery to remove the pig's tail Hagrid had given him. She could hardly imagine how Vernon and Petunia had treated Dudley after his tongue had swollen.
No matter how Dudley appeared to outsiders, he was their only son. Of course, the Weasley twins had done it to vent Harry's anger for him.
A sense of humor could help people socialize, but laughter could be kind or "rampant." During the Battle of Hogwarts, when Neville limped out from among the crowd, the Death Eaters had all laughed.
She sighed. There was a silver snake-shaped pen holder on the table. It did not belong to her; it was most likely a gift from some Slytherin student to their Head of House.
It looked nothing like Nagini, yet Pomona still thought of her, and of Quirrell. They had both been to Albania.
There had once been a Blood Beastfolk also named Nagini, who had been with Credence.