Hmm, I do like the way Harry's comported himself with honor, this will quite definitely work in his favor with the Grangers as well as with Gerard Delacour. Meanwhile, they do clearly have some matters to work out between the four of them. I rather expect the Grangers to be a bit taken aback but to ultimately do what's best for their daughter, esp. now that Magic has bound her to the other three.
Haman Harkness may wish for his namesake's gallows rather than what the various parents are able to deal pain to him while keeping him fully alive and aware. BTW, he's not an ancestor of David Weber's character Horace Harkness, is he? The later is a much, much better,albeit more dangerous, man.
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Heavens, I'd not even thought about Horace Harkness. He's one of the last people in the universe I'd want to offend. ;-)
I don't reckon Haman's an ancestor of his, although I suppose anything's possible. I just needed a name that alliterated with Haman, and it seemed to fit. I'm just glad I wasn't thoughtless enough to call him "Haman Harrington." ;-)
Glad you liked Harry's behaviour. I think that's a lot of why Gerard likes him--in some ways he sees Harry as not dissimilar to a young version of himself.
The Grangers will take some explaining, but as you said I expect they'll see what's right, eventually. The foursome may spend a night or two sleeping in the Grangers' room, fully clothed (Luna won't be wild about that, but she'd do almost anything to keep her pet-sister) as part of the process of convincing them. We'll see.
I'm still not sure what's going to happen to Haman. A part of me really _wants_ them to torture him, but I have a feeling that Gerard knows it doesn't really make you feel better and that he'll hold back the Grangers cos he doesn't want them to have memories they'll regret later and to no useful purpose.
Thank you very much!!