Harry, in the process of re-packing his bag, freezes, a roll of gauze in
his hand.
He wants very badly to answer: Nor is consumption, being cut to pieces,
starving, succumbing to scurvy, being stabbed or shot, or poisoning
oneself. But Simon hasn't earned that kind of verbal decimation, at
least not yet.
And so: "No, it is not," he says, mildly but with a certain coolness that
suggests that Simon should be glad that he's not getting a different
answer. He continues packing his bag. "I am glad, in any case, that I was
able to help, and that you were not worse injured." Which is true;
regardless of personal feeling, Harry generally would prefer that no one
got hurt needlessly.
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Harry, in the process of re-packing his bag, freezes, a roll of gauze in his hand.
He wants very badly to answer: Nor is consumption, being cut to pieces, starving, succumbing to scurvy, being stabbed or shot, or poisoning oneself. But Simon hasn't earned that kind of verbal decimation, at least not yet.
And so: "No, it is not," he says, mildly but with a certain coolness that suggests that Simon should be glad that he's not getting a different answer. He continues packing his bag. "I am glad, in any case, that I was able to help, and that you were not worse injured." Which is true; regardless of personal feeling, Harry generally would prefer that no one got hurt needlessly.