            The length of her detainment confused her the most. Arrested wizards and witches ordinarily spent only a day or two in holding before their trial could be arranged. And their lawyer would arrive before that, though it was a much shorter process than in the Muggle world. But here she was, a week in with no sign of getting out. She could only assume that there had been complications, either with Sirius, the aurors building their case, or perhaps even the press. It wasn’t unheard of for more famous defendants to stew up a media frenzy in the days before their trial, thus delaying the legal process. When the Death Eaters had been put to the stand last summer, the public had been enraged—some fighting for the release of those with lesser crimes, others set on ending each and every trial with a death sentence. The Ministry had been so flooded with those seeking entrance to the courts that the entire building had been shut down until order had been reinstated.