Fred and the others did their utmost to persuade Mrs. Weasley to stay, while Sirius Black also tried to convince Remus Lupin to remain. At the same time, Hermione was urging her parents not to leave.
As a result, Mrs. Weasley, the Grangers, and Xenophilius Lovegood joined the travelling party, making the group much larger at once.
The only thing Sirius found somewhat regrettable was that, with the full moon approaching and unwilling to delay M.S.C.'s affairs, Remus Lupin had no choice but to return to England before nightfall.
Not long after Remus Lupin left, another familiar figure appeared at the doorway.
Fleur Delacour first looked around. Seeing Wizet and the others all gathered in the common room, along with several unfamiliar faces, she let out a slight sigh of relief.
"I thought..." Realizing something, she crossed her arms and lifted her chin slightly. "You had all vanished as though struck by a Vanishing Spell. I didn't expect you to all come back..."
There was an inscrutable note in her voice. "I was worried something might have happened to you. It would have been hard to explain that to Bill. But then..."
"Bill?" Mrs. Weasley seemed to realize something. "You are... Miss Delacour?"
"That's right..." Fleur Delacour lowered her arms and looked Mrs. Weasley up and down, her tone carrying a hint of probing. "You are... Bill's mother?"
Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Before we came here, Bill told me that if we couldn't find them, we could contact you."
Fleur Delacour tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, her tone considerably gentler than before. "Mrs. Weasley, if you had truly contacted me, I'm afraid I could only have disappointed you..."
"When I came here, I had originally intended to continue fulfilling my duties as a guide. But that House-elf told