I was nervous getting dressed and took my time making sure I was looking my best. As we travelled to the Glory Hole Club Brian kept reminding me 'This...is for fun, to see how you feel and to just see what happens.'As we approached the entrance I said to Brian 'I'm not sure I want to do this, I don't think it's a good idea!' Brian replied 'Come on Vanessa this is my fantasy, I've always wanted us to do this, we have come this far let's at least go in and give it a try!'I really don't want to. At this moment the expiring embers threw up a fresh flame from the kindling of a piece of wood that lay near, and a bright light flashed over the room. La Carconte still kept her eyes fixed on her husband, but as he made no sign of changing his position, she extended her hard, bony hand, and touched him on the forehead."Caderousse shuddered. The woman's lips seemed to move, as though she were talking; but because she merely spoke in an undertone, or my senses were dulled by sleep, I did not. " He smiled knowingly. I grinned at his helpful deviousness. "And Beverly's children?" I finished. "Beverly! Beverly! She's a citizen of Earth ain't she? She's got a right to land on Earth so her children must enjoy the same rights." He finished easily.I thumped him on the arm affectionately and he smiled as he recognized my clear message of gratitude. The least I could do for him was face the press and I stepped outside as the gates creaked with strain. I was quietly glad that only. Granger's Achilles heel was her intelligence, and having anyone do better than her would be a deliberate insult to her. She was sad that Harry had to do this, but understood where he was coming from. And this revelation, more than anything, totally killed the Boy-Who-Lived mystique for her; he was just another lost, scared first year. She quit caring about the legend then, and he was forever just Harry afterward.Rumours abounded at the end of the first year that he had once again faced and.