The argument is in the kitchen and it is quiet, because the house is old and carries sound, and neither of them wants the other to hear it.

MioneYou have been letting her do this for six weeks instead of asking me.

MalfoidAsking you. You would have come and done your duty and gone home and written a report about it.

MioneYes. That is exactly what I would have done. I am asking why you did not want that.

Neither of them has an answer that is not an admission.