"He did indeed," Kate agrees, sounding sour. "Disowned before us all the life he once had led, and even the rogues and thieves who would yet cling to his robes."

Flastaff is not a pleasant person -- but neither was it a pleasant scene. In fact, it was exactly the sort of scene she had been anxious to avoid, and some part of her had been grimly satisfied that it fell on another person, and not her and Harry.

"I well believe he does not mean us harm. I know not if we may call him friend, now or ever."