CHAPTER SIX
1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart’s favorite color?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart’s secret ambition?
3. What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart’s
greatest achievement to date?
On and on it went, over three sides of paper, right down to:
54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart’s birthday, and what
would his ideal gift be?
Half an hour later, Lockhart collected the papers and rifled
through them in front of the class.
“Tut, tut — hardly any of you remembered that my favorite
color is lilac. I say so in Year with the Yeti. And a few of you need to
read Wanderings with Werewolves more carefully — I clearly state in
chapter twelve that my ideal birthday gift would be harmony be-
tween all magic and non-magic peoples — though I wouldn’t say no
to a large bottle of Ogden’s Old Firewhisky!”
He gave them another roguish wink. Ron was now staring at
Lockhart with an expression of disbelief on his face; Seamus Finni-
gan and Dean Thomas, who were sitting in front, were shaking
with silent laughter. Hermione, on the other hand, was listening to
Lockhart with rapt attention and gave a start when he mentioned
her name.
“. . . but Miss Hermione Granger knew my secret ambition is to
rid the world of evil and market my own range of hair-care po-
tions — good girl! In fact” — he flipped her paper over — “full
marks! Where is Miss Hermione Granger?”
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