"So that's how it is..." Frank Longbottom nodded. "Since the Ministry of Magic is involved, I think things will get better soon."
"Think of something cheerful!" Sirius Black clapped his hands. "Weren't we planning to look around here, then go to Fontainebleau? Have you thought of where you want to go?"
The restaurant's hostess brought over dessert, plates of crème brûlée that quivered slightly and gave off a sweet fragrance.
Looking at the crème brûlée's tempting color, Ron and the others could not help working up an appetite. They decided to enjoy dessert first, then take their time considering where to go next.
Everyone even helped clear the plates, making the restaurant hostess's face brim with smiles.
After leaving the restaurant, Vizet first made a trip to a secondhand bookshop, then quickly returned to the group. "Let's find another bookstore! This one doesn't sell maps."
"Oh, right!" Hermione realized, a few traces of frustration appearing on her face. "How did I not think of something so simple?"
"We can look for a bigger bookstore. They're sure to have maps in different languages there, so all of us will be able to understand them!"
Fleur Delacour went back into the restaurant. She seemed to have exchanged a few words with the hostess, then raised her hand and pointed ahead. "Let's go! We go there, then turn a corner... about three hundred meters, I suppose?"
After Vizet and the others successfully bought a map, they found an outdoor table at a nearby café and began studying the attractions marked on it.
"How about we go here?" Fred said, pointing at the map. "That what's-it-called Eiffel Tower... a building a full thousand feet tall!"
"That sounds interesting already!" George picked up. "And it's a purely steel structure! Oh là là là là là!