Maddie felt somewhat better when the headmistress stepped into the lobby. Actually, she felt a lot better. She'd really on been into Gringott's with her parents, and even then, she hadn't had this much interaction with the goblins. She kind of got the impression some of them were less than enthused to have the company.

She looked at Hawthorne with wide eyes when the woman released a string of Gobbledegook. Whoa. She was really good at it! She honestly had no idea what had been said. Just then, one of the goblins said something directly to Maddie. She made out the first part of it, which was 'You're welcome', but she had no idea what those last two words were. Nevertheless, she smiled in response.

Mmkay...so, what now?