When Harry arrived at Douglas's house, Dobby enthusiastically carried his luggage and served him tea and water.
This made Harry very uncomfortable. No person or other creature had ever waited on him like this.
Especially when Dobby took out Harry's sock and said through floods of tears:
"Thank you so much, Harry Potter! Dobby is a free house-elf now, and has even found a well-paid job..."
Harry was so startled that he did not know what to do. Fortunately, with Douglas soothing him, Dobby gradually calmed down.
Then Dobby cooked every dish he had learned over the past few days and invited Harry and Douglas to eat, making it a feast to celebrate their reunion as maternal cousin and nephew, as well as Harry's birthday.
Dobby also repeatedly stressed to Douglas that the cost of the ingredients had to come out of his wages. This was his treat...
During the meal, Harry ate very slowly, partly because there was far too much food, and partly because he wanted to drag things out until dark, then hurry back to the Dursley family's home and catch up on his Defense Against Dark Magic homework that night.
As it turned out, after lunch had gone on for an hour,
Douglas had Dobby put the food away, then said to Harry:
"Harry, you don't need to be so reserved and polite here. You can play with the computers, game consoles, and whatever else you like, but only after you've finished all your homework..."
Harry hurriedly nodded and said:
"Of course, absolutely. Professor... Cousin, I'm working on my Transfiguration homework, and there are a few things I don't quite understand. Could you give me some pointers?"
Without waiting for Douglas to object, Harry quickly dug his Transfiguration homework out of his luggage, asking as he