Mrs. Weasley volunteered to lead a prayer blessing the meal. "Merciful Merlin, we give you thanks that you have brought us to the safety of this night, to a good place filled with good family and friends, for which we need never hunger." Harry heard the hitch in the matriarch's voice before he saw it. "Please be sure that you watch out for..... those whom we miss on this Christmas Eve, especially our.... little Freddie..." It was nevertheless still abrupt, how Molly burst into tears and suddenly fled from the room. George almost immediately followed, bolting from his place at the table as if burned.