[If Sirius had never seen Goldstein again, he would have been quite all right. There was--is--nothing particularly wrong with her, except that she's an auror and she has no discernible sense of humour or, really, any true redeeming qualities. Remus has halfheartedly vouched for her, obliquely, in his give-everyone-a-chance-unless-they-are-truly-wankers sort of way. This is part of how Sirius and Remus became friends, so he should perhaps trust in this geniality, but he doesn't. And Remus isn't that firm in that trust, or else he doesn't really care, or else he prefer Sirius anyways. And now they have a great deal else to talk about, nothing at all to do with Goldstein, really, except perhaps by tangent.
So when he is in the marketplace one day, on his way back to the house, and he sees Goldstein standing less than idle beside a market stall, he nearly turns to go down a different way. Then he thinks, stupid, and because he's a Gryffindor at his heart, he walks right up to her.]
P. GOLDSTEIN
So when he is in the marketplace one day, on his way back to the house, and he sees Goldstein standing less than idle beside a market stall, he nearly turns to go down a different way. Then he thinks, stupid, and because he's a Gryffindor at his heart, he walks right up to her.]
Goldstein.
[Sort of a hi.]
You're in charge of the market?