Hello, Dark Arts, my old friend. You're listening to the Quiddler podcast, the Harry Potter

Book Club for Silent Types. Tell anyone, said Malfoy, and there will be retribution.

You know Fenrir Gray back? He's a family friend. He'll be dropping in from time to time to make sure you're giving the problem your full attention. There will be no need for...

I'll decide that. Not a word to anyone, Borgon. And that includes my mother.

Understand.

Naturally, naturally.

I'm Heather Pricewright.

And I'm Alex Dellenberg.

And here we are for week three of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

This week we are reading the chapters called An Excess of Flem and Draco's Detour.

As usual, spoilers and cursing.

Also some adult themes.

This week's adult themes are mean girls, grade inflation, two-factor authentication,

the pink aisle, and the home front.

Alex, what happened this week?

In this week's chapters, Dumbledore returns Harry to the borough,

where they find Molly and Nimfodora Tonks having a late-night supper together.

Tonks is looking a little peaked and weather beaten and generally bummed out.

She takes her leave. Molly plies hairy with some delicious but very hot onion soup.

Is it French onion soup?

I think it's just onion soup, which maybe is French onion soup minus the good cheesy toasts.

Why wouldn't Molly serve it with a good cheesy toast? I don't know, but later she asks him

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