THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
“that’s got him out from under our feet. The Heads of Houses
should go and inform their students what has happened. Tell them
the Hogwarts Express will take them home first thing tomorrow.
Will the rest of you please make sure no students have been left
outside their dormitories.”
The teachers rose and left, one by one.
It was probably the worst day of Harry’s entire life. He, Ron, Fred,
and George sat together in a corner of the Gryffindor common
room, unable to say anything to each other. Percy wasn’t there. He
had gone to send an owl to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, then shut him-
self up in his dormitory.
No afternoon ever lasted as long as that one, nor had Gryffindor
Tower ever been so crowded, yet so quiet. Near sunset, Fred and
George went up to bed, unable to sit there any longer.
“She knew something