Chapter 114 112. Questions
Mudblood students were assigned to clean the owl shed on Thursday morning.
Even though he went to the club party held by Barty Jr., Dolokhov did not affect the work of the next day.
He returned to the castle early in the morning and opened the door to the basement, released the Mudblood students for their first class in the morning, and then arranged for them to clean the owl shack after class.
This is where the school helps pure-blood and mixed-race students foster owls. The smell inside is sometimes worse than the bathroom, and it is also the most difficult place to clean.
Jon was estimating the time in his mind. The time slot Dumbledore set for him was from 11 o'clock to one o'clock in the afternoon, but now he had to take the students out before 11:30.
If it is delayed until after 11:30, it will be lunch time, and students and professors will go to the auditorium. The more people there are, the more difficult it will be.
The best time period is between 11:00 and 11:30, when both pure-blood and mixed-race students have not yet finished their classes, and there are not many professors in the corridor. As long as Jon moves quickly, he will be able to quickly pass a class. The children in the first and second grades were brought to the entrance of the secret passage on the third floor.
The distance from the first floor to the third floor does not take long, but the width of the secret passage of the statue of the blind and hunchbacked old witch is limited, and at most one person can enter at a time, the first and second grades including Jon add up There are a dozen or so students, and Jon has no way of guaranteeing how many faculty members will be able to react during the period of entering the secret path.
And even if they are really fast enough to send everyone into the secret passage, it will take at least half an hour to climb from the entrance to the exit of Hogsmeade. Any action will definitely find a way to block the surroundings of Hogwarts Castle, including the town of Hogsmeade.
At that time, even if Dumbledore sends people from the Order of the Phoenix, it will inevitably be a fierce battle afterwards.
In that situation, there is no way to guarantee that there will be no casualties, which may be members of the Order of the Phoenix, or these children who were rescued.
But Jon can't think of any other better way, just like what he said to Aberforth last night, they can only do their best.
Jon asked Hermione to inform the first and second grade students of their plan last night in advance, because Hermione organized the assembly this year, and she has a high reputation among these people, and these children will obviously be willing to listen her words.
At 9:30 in the morning, I came to the owl shack, and the cleaning was completed at 10:50, which was almost the same time as Jon initially estimated.
Bit and Kate, the seniors who guarded them, brought them back to the castle. Jon and Hermione were at the end of the student line. Before entering the gate of the castle, he had already quietly put the necklace with the ring on it. With his right hand tucked into the sleeve of his robe, the hidden hand grasped the end of the chestnut wand.
"Did you tell the others what to do later?"
Hermione's lips were a little pale, she looked preoccupied, and it took two or three seconds before she returned to Jon's question.
"Well said"
Jon's attention was all on Dolohov, who was standing inside the castle gate, waiting impatiently for the student to walk in. He didn't realize that Hermione was wrong at this time, so he took a deep breath, Shen Sheng said.
Hermione didn't respond to him again, and Jon didn't look to see if Hermione was nodding, because at this time they had already entered the castle hall.
Just as Jon, who was at the end of the line, passed Dolokhov, he watched the castle administrator turn around, reach out to close the gate again, and was about to shake the hand hidden in his sleeve. When the wand is drawn out as fast as possible to cast a spell.
A slender, pale and trembling hand suddenly grabbed his arm through his sleeve!
Jon's eyes widened and he turned to look at Hermione, whose face was already pale, but with a determination and firmness that had never been seen in his eyes.
"This is the best way. Please. Make sure to get each of them out unscathed."
She finished these words to Jon in the most humble pleading voice that only the two of them could hear.
Then she let go of the hand that held Jon's arm to prevent him from casting a spell, and without hesitation, she left the team of mudblood students and walked towards Dolohov.
Jon stopped moving, and he stared at her blankly.
The girl with her hair loosely draped behind her, thin and thin, and inconspicuous, like a young leaf that just sprouted from a small tree in spring, just made her own voice.
"Mr. Dolokhov, can you answer a few questions for me?"
Everyone in the hall heard her voice. The Mudblood students walking in front, except for the senior students with numb expressions, looked blankly at Hermione who had left the team suddenly, and stood up to the name In front of a middle-aged wizard who was the castle warden, who was actually a jailer.
Dolohov, who had just closed the castle gate, also heard her voice. He turned around and looked at this little mudblood who obviously didn't follow the rules and left the team without any instructions.
However, before he could wait for his reprimand to come out, Hermione had already pursed her lips and asked the "outrageous" words.
"Everyone is equal. This is the truth that even Muggles, who you most despise and think are no different from animals, can see clearly. Why do wizards think that people are divided into different classes?"
The students who hadn't walked out of the hall were all stunned, even Dolokhov was stunned.
"Why is a person's social status determined upon birth in the magic world? Why do you need to rely on that unreasonable bloodline to define a person's life?"
Dolokhov finally came to his senses when she asked her the second time. He blushed and became furious. He didn't answer Hermione's question, and he didn't act immediately. Shouted the Mudblood students looking at Hermione in shock.
"Go back to the basement! Immediately! Immediately! Bit, Kate! Let them all stay in the dormitory for me! Watch them! Today's lunch is cancelled! No one is allowed to come out without my order!"
The two prefects started to scold the stunned students in a panic, and drove them into the dormitory. At this time, Hermione had already been grabbed by the collar by Dolohov, dragged the thin girl to the ground, and pulled out her own The chains she carried bound her hands!
(end of this chapter)