Barney had clearly upset someone. If she knew her brother then he had probably upset a lot of someones since his return but apparently one of the someones had not been prepared to let her brother walk away from whatever he had said. The notion that it might not be deserved never entered her mind.

“I’m sure they’d be glad to know you’ve come home,” Tamsin said, leaving dangling the question she had not wanted to ask – namely, when he would be leaving. Tamsin, perhaps alone in the wizarding community, was actually quite glad to see her brother and though his face was broken currently it was at least a familiar one. She was losing people rapidly and did not care to add another to the tally quite so soon, but she would like to know when she was likely to be abandoned again.