Sparky tried, one more time, to get the minister to listen. "Only Minister Cooper is brave and noble enough to defend the house elves and free us all for all time! Only Minister Cooper could be large enough of heart to change the future of all our people, with wages and respects! " His huge eyes bulged out as he struggled to find words with the right finesse to persuade the minister, known among his people for his hard head and his harder heart. "If Minister Cooper could be helping the elves, he is to be having an entire race of supporters loyal to him, an army that is ensuring his position and his will be done not only in Britian, but in wizarding lands everywhere, making conquest of all the lands!" There. if that didn't sway the minister, nothing would.