One of the best things about being an Unspeakable, Ellie often thought to herself, was that you weren't expected to do much speaking, public or otherwise. You were, in fact, expected to strictly limit your interaction with the outside world outside your duties. Ellie's all right with that. She saved Britain from a Dark Lord when she was a year old and again when she was seventeen. She's had all she can stomach of the public eye.

Still, she thought as the fourth time-turner exploded just above her head (and where had they all even come from?), it might have been nice to have some help within shouting distance.

The world around her goes white-