In a cottage surrounded by farmland, A dark-haired middle-aged woman with sharp features and pale skin fondly stares out of the kitchen window at her son and husband. It was dusk and the shadows were long with stars appearing overhead. Slender, but broad-shouldered Roderic Filch cradled Roderic Jr, mostly known as Roddy to all in his arms. Roderic in a doting voice pointed out the stars appearing in the sky to his son, who stared at the sky in rapt attention.