23/26 So I want to thank you." She put her arm around his shoulder and kissed his cheek. Her lips were soft and her breath was sweet. No woman save his mother had ever kissed him. He turned and took her hands. You want me to go away happy, don't you ?" "My dear," she said, with a little catch in her voice, "if there was anything in the world I could do to make you happy, short of throwing baby to a tiger, I would do it." Septimus took off his cap and brought his hair to its normal perpendicularity. |