“Merlin's pants!”
“How in the name of Merlin's pants have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books?”
“I searched until I panted for breath, but could not find it. The solid stone structure was nowhere to be seen. The house was gone - and Merlin with it.”
“All he had, in fact, was Merlin's shining promise.”
“But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else you'll just weep yourself to death.”
“It was Arthur's welcome alone, I believe, which turned the tide of misery for Merlin.”