Hecate turned slowly to the girl.

"I didn't offer you tea. You are not staying long enough to drink anything, Miss Wheeler." She said glaring at her. "Firstly, it's called an Inferi. Secondly, how would I know how to make one? That's really dark magic and I am offended by the fact you assume I would know how to create one." The lady did protest too much. "And you can't be taught parseltongue... it isn't a language you can just... learn... Sure you can fake it, but you cannot learn it. It's an ability that you are or are not born with."

She then opened the door with her wand and said "You are finished here."