His first statement made her roll her eyes in annoyed frustration. The wizard was an expert at deflection and deception. Only his ill-fated acquaintance with the coward Igor Karkaroff sealed his fate so many years earlier. If Karkaroff hadn't been so concerned with saving his own sorry arse, there was no doubt in the minds of anyone who knew Augustus well that he would've been just fine. He would've been able to keep going in his life as an Unspeakable with no one being aware of just what he had done.