Maria was looking around and trying to find a new excuse. She looked for help to Albus, but he just shook his head and lowered his head in defeat. Maria knew this was bad. When she didn’t answer Amelia’s question, the entire chamber began to yell in fury and demanded answers from Maria and her representatives. They tried to dance around the topic, but the members became even angrier that they were trying to wriggle out of trouble and are trying to excuse their actions. Dumbledore’s blind followers were trying to defend them, but it didn’t work, because all the other members just pointed out that there was no excuse for child abuse and they were silenced.