Without saying a word I walked over to where my kit was lying beside the cabin of the Windrunner and found my spy glass once again. Moments later I wa... in the bow of the Windrunner with Tagus beside me having a look at what we were up against. To my surprise, I saw two biremes bearing down on us. They were coming from the east and sailing against the prevailing wind. Their oars were out and beating the water driving the ships towards us. I didn't know where they'd come from, but the hairs on. Delauter is next, him I got some black gold cufflinks. He swears he never has any good dark cufflinks for his black suit. He smiles and gives me an appreciative nod. After him it’s Mom and she was difficult to get something appropriate and while finding the frame, a simple silver one, finding a picture of us when she wasn’t in a bar. I dug it out of an old box but it’s from move number two and had the old picture touched up of us in a restaurant booth smiling. I look kind of sad in my smile but. Out of the bag, Hermione produced a tall, stoppered, bottle and two glasses. Harry looked at the label: Laird McTavish's Single Malt Firewhiskey, aged 75 years."Wow, where did you get this?" I was going to give it to my dad for his birthday, but there is some stupid law that we can't give Muggles Wizzarding drinks. Apparently it is against the Statue of Secrecy." But your dad already knows about magic, he has a witch in the family." Exactly, but no, if I give this as a present to him, then the. “There is more to that story, and you will probably learn it over the next year or so, but for now that is all I have time to share with you.”“It’s getting close to dinner time, Abby. Join us for dinner so I can introduce you to the rest of our group.”The hotel was very accommodating. Our party was so large that they had gotten in the habit of providing us with seating in a private dining area that was typically used for birthdays and other celebrations. After putting in our orders, I began.