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第3章 铁锹与双刀

‘Oooooh!’ said Parvati and Lavender, thoroughly irritating Harry. Anyone would have thought Hagrid had never shown them impressive creatures; admittedly, the Flobberworms had been a bit dull, but the salamanders and hippogriffs had been interesting enough, and the Blast-Ended Skrewts perhaps too much so.

‘Well, they've forbidden me to get on the wrong side of Umbridge, too,’ said Cho, drawing herself up proudly. ‘But if they think I'm not going to fight You-Know-Who after what happened to Cedric—’

‘Yes,’ said my mother, faintly.

‘Ought I to have told you then?’

‘Not at all,’ said Ginny. ‘He's really, really miserable, actually ...’ She lowered her voice to a whisper. ‘He keeps saying Umbridge was the best thing that ever happened to Hogwarts ...’

‘Oh how glad I am you have not!’ exclaimed Uriah. ‘To think

‘Oh!’ said my aunt, ‘I was not aware at first to whom I had the

‘My dear Traddles,’ said I, ‘I am delighted to see you at last, and

‘No. It had better be done by somebody else, Dan’l,’ said Mrs.