Oblivious that he was a suspect in a prank that had taken place the previous term, Daniel nodded his head and opened up his bag to show him his current read. "Over the summer, my father was able to find a box set of Agatha Christie's work." he said, his face almost glowing with 'happiness.' "I'm currently reading ABC Murders. It tells the story of a private investigator assigned with capturing a serial killer who murders people with alliterative names. I'm not very far in, but so far it is good and..."

Jasper halted his ramblings as he walked*past his desk and knocked on it as a hello. He had to admit that he appreciated the interruption because he was feeling embarrassed. ”So…yeah…” He put the book back in his bag and returned to working on the puzzle.

After completing the puzzle, he noted with displeasure that he had one question wrong and pushed the puzzle to the corner of his desk.

Daniel raised an eyebrow in response to Mercer's words. ” You think it's the pudding?" he said cryptically, feeding in on the 'badger brainwash cult' conspiracy because it was ridiculously funny before he scribbled down the quote on the board in his notebook.

As he listened to Jude explain what the quote on the board meant, it started to appear familiar. When Maya (his ears turned bright red as he turned his head*to face her) said that it was Gringrotts' motto, the Hufflepuff let out a faint 'oh' as he saw the bank's emblem in his mind's eye. She was correct."So the lead box correlates with knuts. The silver box with the sickles and the golden box with galleons?". He added to Lily’s words. ” Is that box made from real gold or leprechaun gold, sir?" And if it was real, could he have it?