"When who--oh. Hugo." Right. Because he had just asked about Hugo, and was not still half dwelling on the question Harry's presumed death. "Really I only know that he's a writer. There was that play--the one that turned into a fight."

(He does, in fact, know the name; he's also skimmed through some bits of Hans of Iceland, having been stuck in a friend's room with it once, waiting for a meeting. He hadn't been impressed.)

"But what does he do in '48?"