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“Tom,” said the girl's voice again, now so close they were clearly right beside the house, “I might be wrong—but has somebody nailed a snake to that door?”

“Thank you,” said Harry.

“Well!” said Lupin, clapping his hands together and looking around cheerfully. “That seems to clear that up! Severus, I'll take this back, shall I?” He folded the map and tucked it inside his robes. “Harry, Ron, come with me, I need a word about my vampire essay — excuse us, Severus —”

“What are you doing?”

“What about?”

“Well,” said Professor Binns slowly, “yes, one could argue that, I suppose.” He peered at Hermione as though he had never seen a student properly before. “However, the legend of which you speak is such a very sensational , even ludicrous tale—”

“What! You’re afraid of our getting the better of you, are you?”

“Then Harry Potter leaves Dobby no choice,” said the elf sadly.

“So,” said Ron, “d'you reckon he's somewhere in Hogsmeade?”