"Well, it is, but you can't see it until it's pointed out to you -"

"I can't - oh, oh -"

She laughs. "It's beautiful."

"I'm glad you like it, it might be a few years before we're set to move out on our own."

"What're the conditions for that?"

"Building and magicking a house up like this one is expensive - sometimes if it's two good families they'll both pay for it as a wedding gift, but even good families couldn't afford to do that for seven children - so I'll have to save up or accumulate favors - and then usually I'd take one of my family elves and you'd take one of yours but instead I'll need at least two..."

"Two for - breeding more elves?"

"Yeah. So our kids'd all have them. I don't mind still living at home, Timothy's still living at home, and this way we can design the house together and decide where we want it."

"I don't mind a bit. It'll be nice to get used to things without also having to figure out how to - run a magic house -"

"Yeah." Squeeze. "I think they're easier to run than the Muggle kind but still." The carriage pulls up to the gates; he pulls out his wand again and waves them open.

She laughs, again. "Magic," she says, shaking her head in amazement.

"So much magic! I have no idea how Muggles do without." And the carriage rolls to a halt and he gets out and offers her a hand again.

Down she hops.

"Let's go find Timothy first, he might have suggestions on how to break it to my parents and also he can arrange all the legalities for us."

"All right."

Into the house they go. It is very spacious and very clean and the portraits crowd their frames to stare inquisitively at them.

...that is strange! Rebecca stares back at them.

"I forgot Muggle portraits don't do that," he says conversationally, climbing a flight of wide marble stairs.

"I don't see how they could!" she giggles.

He comes to a door that's partially ajar. He knocks anyway. 

"Come in!"

"Timothy, this is Rebecca and this is Catherine. We're getting married."

He doesn't miss a beat. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Rebecca. Getting married when?"

"Details!" giggles Rebecca.