Although some wizards had come in today and rather oddly withdrawn all the wealth they had stored in Gringotts, these clients were not from any great families, and the sums had not been large. The greedy goblins had felt the sting, but they had not taken it too seriously. Now, however, they finally realized something was wrong.
Nagnok quietly sized up Sirius Black, the man among this group with the greatest amount of property stored there, but Sirius wore an unconcerned, relaxed expression, making him impossible to read. Suspicious, the goblin asked again, "Director Harris, director Dirk Clesway, may I ask what business you are here to handle? I will arrange for the appropriate colleagues to receive you and provide you with more convenient service."
"Er... Nagnok, we're only here today to withdraw some Galleons..." A wizard of about thirty-five or thirty-six tried to smile at the goblin in a mild, casual tone, and he did indeed seem quite approachable.
This wizard, with brown hair and pale skin, was Dirk Clesway. After the former head of the Goblin Liaison Office, Cuthbert Mockridge, had been implicated in a political struggle, Dirk had taken over the post because he was close to Mr. Weasley and leaned toward Harris. This department held a fairly high position within the division, and its office head was highly respected. Although Dirk Clesway was also Muggle-born, he had become one of the favorite students of the Potions teacher Horace Slughorn while he was at school, and many of his colleagues, including Arthur Weasley, considered him an excellent wizard.
Griphook's clever, grayish-yellow face changed slightly, but this was legitimate business, and he had no reason to refuse. The profit-minded smile on his face was beginning to slip. He stared with his black eyes and asked tentatively, "Dirk, is