"No, I have just Reggie. She<em>is</em>amused by my sudden and unexpected affection for a canine, I promise."<br/><br/>He leaned back again, shutting his eyes.<br/><br/>"Almost as amused, I promise you, as she is by the thought that here I may find someone who will, shall we say, tolerate my eccentricities?  At Beauxbatons, the very thought was gravely improbable."