Finally, Douglas taught Charlie over the phone how to put it on speaker, then greeted the whole Weasley family.
"Good evening, everyone. How is it? Are you having fun over there?"
Mr. Weasley said gratefully:
"Douglas, thank you for providing this place to stay. It's wonderful! By the way, could I take a look at those Muggle appliances?
"I promise I can put them back together exactly as they were. I've already practised on plenty of old appliances..."
Before he could finish, Mrs. Weasley interrupted him.
"Arthur! Don't touch anything, and that goes for George and Fred too. Percy, keep an eye on them. They're such a worry.
"Douglas, don't worry. I absolutely won't let them fiddle with those things, though some Muggle inventions really are wonderful...
"It's such a shame you couldn't come along, but I've had each of the children prepare a present for you...
"I received their report cards. I never imagined Ron could actually get an O in Defense Against Dark Magic.
"And George's and Fred's marks, too. In all these years, this is the first time I've seen them get such excellent results. A shame they have such a long record of misbehaviour, or they'd certainly have been chosen as prefects this time..."
George and Fred hurriedly called out from the side, "Mum, we don't want to be prefects..."
Douglas couldn't stop laughing. He could genuinely feel the care in Mrs. Weasley's words.
After chatting for a while without hearing Ron's voice, he asked curiously:
"Isn't Ron there? How come I haven't heard him speak?"
Ron, who had been hiding behind Bill all this time, was finally singled out.
The Weasley family burst out laughing.
"Er, Professor, I'm here..."
George and Fred chimed in:
"Professor, Ron spent ages complaining about you."
"Because as soon as