'We decided to tell all of you so we don't have to hide it from you anymore, whether you approve or not is up to you, it will not change anything betw...en us, we have been through too much and together too long to worry about it. In a few years we will be marrying, and give notice now it will be one joint ceremony with all eight of us, so you had better get to know each other ready.'Mark added, 'we are very close as a group and plan to stay that way, after a year together we are very happy with. .." He pushed Mike to get the now empty dishes and they were in a rush to leave the room, but I didn't know why."He's gonna kill us if he catches us," Mike was saying and my brothers and I just watched them as the boys left us, disappearing into the house proper.I didn't now what to think about that, so I didn't think about it at all. I joined my brothers on our bedding, curling up against Bandy, hugging his back to my chest and tummy and putting my left leg over his big soft body as he closed. He reached into his wallet and brought out one of his business cards and wrote something on the back."Go to that address and give this to the old guy there," he said, "it won't be cheap but it will work for you." What!" I said staring at the card he held out before me."Trust me," he said, "you're a good man."I took the small card and turned it over to see an address and some other writing that I couldn't read."Thanks, I think," I said with a rue smile.It wasn't an easy place to find and in the. "A Comprehensive History of the Upkeep of House-Elves in the Smaller, Middle Class Household," he quoted, and grinned as he opened the book to her page again. "Well, that is just a wee bit pathetic." As it so happens, this book, which I'm reading as background material for my current Department of Magical Law Enforcement report, has a very interesting final chapter -- touching upon the socioeconomic aspect of the origins of the cloth-giving tradition," she ended in one rushed breath, sticking.