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第3章 真仙对决（2）

“See?” Ron said furiously, chucking the stone down again. “She's still letting him wander about wherever he wants — probably washing down Scabbers with a couple of birds now….”

“Lord, Lord! Well, it is strange that I who gave birth to her, and

“Shut up, Pig,” said Ron, edging his way between two of the four beds that had been squeezed into the room. “Fred and George are in here with us, because Bill and Charlie are in their room,” he told Harry. “Percy gets to keep his room all to himself because he's got to work.”

“Oh yes,” said Neville, “I'm fine, thanks. Just reading this book Professor Moody lent me…”

“Kreacher, I want you, please, to go and find Mundungus Fletcher. We need to find out where the locket – where Master Regulus’s locket it. It’s really important. We want to finish the work Master Regulus started, we want to – er – ensure that he didn’t die in vain.”

“Ordinary Wizarding Levels,” George explained, seeing Harry's puzzled look. “Bill got twelve, too. If we're not careful, we'll have another Head Boy in the family. I don't think I could stand the shame.”

“Potter!“ whispered Professor McGonagall, clutching her heart. “Potter – you’re here! What–? How–?” She struggled to pull herself together. “Potter, that was foolish!”

“Right you are, Professor — just giving a bit of background information — the Firebolt, incidentally, has a built-in auto-brake and —”

“Man, man!” returned Carton, stamping his foot; “have I sworn