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"No, I couldn't do that," said Lestrange to Barthrop, in one of those unhappy little silences which so often seemed to lie in wait for Lestrange's most platitudinal utterances. "It wouldn't be consistent with a sense of honour."
Father Payne gave a chuckle, and Lestrange looked pained, "Oughtn't one to have a code of honour?" he said.