"All right, I shall see you tomorrow, then," he told Kayla.

Antonio could see that Jack was upset by Jose's response, he could understand that in a way. "Money isn't the problem," he explained. "I am not without means myself, finances and money are not a problem to me, either in the wizarding world or the muggle world. I am willing to pay any amount of cash to bring Jose back, anything, but it isn't going to do any good if he isn't willing to accept it. If he insists on staying over there and not coming back until the end of term, offering him all the money in the world isn't going to change his mind and make him come any sooner. Once you make your mind up about something, that's the end of it, unfortunately."

Antonio heard Jack asking about how to make a portkey. He thought he knew why he was asking that question, and that it wasn't just out of idle curiosity. He decided to tell the truth, anyway. "I'm not really good at making portkeys," he said. "That's an area that would be covered in charms or transfiguration, and it may be that the professor for one of those classes would be willing to explain to you how you go about doing that. If you have a valid reason, of course." Antonio was beginning to wonder if they shouldn't just apparate to where Jose was and give the boys a chance to see Jose, but unfortunately, he wasn't able to do that just yet. It was a risky thing, there had to be some other alternative to getting this matter resolved. Antonio supposed that the best thing they could do at this point, the smartest thing, was simply to search for the missing piece of the letter and try to break the curse.