On the other hand some of them seemed to be on good terms with the guards, called them by nicknames, and tried to wheedle cigarettes through the spyhole in the door.
A top-hat at a rakish angle and a half-empty bottle of expensive champagne might help you wheedle your way into some of the more glamorous riverside parties that accompany this event.
" You've got to eat some breakfast." " I don't want anything." " Just a bit of toast, " wheedled Hermione. " I'm not hungry." Harry felt terrible. In an hour's time he'd be walking onto the pitch.