...and on Sirius and manners
Seventy-Five Words on Courtesy
It's not Sirius' fault that he has no manners. Oh, he knows which fork to use, and how to address everyone from the Minister of Magic to a visiting Bedu magician from Saudi Arabia - but he has never been taught consideration of others, never been taught to employ simple courtesy. Those were the two things drilled into James' head as the real meaning of polite behavior. The forks and the titles are nothing but trimmings.
It's not Sirius' fault that he has no manners. Oh, he knows which fork to use, and how to address everyone from the Minister of Magic to a visiting Bedu magician from Saudi Arabia - but he has never been taught consideration of others, never been taught to employ simple courtesy. Those were the two things drilled into James' head as the real meaning of polite behavior. The forks and the titles are nothing but trimmings.