"He had a hold of one little girl whilst still trying to coax the last one to come out of hiding when I headed back to the safe house. Just as I apparated, I saw the start of the attack. I got back to him as fast as I could, Hermione, I really did and I brought back up but he’d already taken a beating protecting the girls. We got him back to the safe house, but he wasn’t stable enough to apparate here. We had to wait for a floo connection to be opened."