There was a loud scraping and puffing from behind them, and Stan and Ern appeared, carrying Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage and looking around excitedly.

“I'm not blamin’ yeh!” said Hagrid, waving Harry's apology aside. “Gawd knows yeh've had enough ter be getting’ on with. I've seen yeh practicin’ Quidditch ev'ry hour o’ the day an’ night — but I gotta tell yeh, I thought you two'd value yer friend more'n broomsticks or rats. Tha's all.”

“They planted the Whomping Willow the same year that I arrived at Hogwarts. People used to play a game, trying to get near enough to touch the trunk. In the end, a boy called Davey Gudgeon nearly lost an eye, and we were forbidden to go near it. No broomstick would have a chance.”

Everyone sat in motionless silence; everyone except Hermione, whose hand, as it so often did, had shot straight into the air.

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