Yes, Harry, blessed as I am with extraordinary brainpower, I understood everything you told me. I think you might even consider the possibility that I understood more than you did.

“I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I'm not there.”

“The hippogriff took off into the air. . . . He and his rider became smaller and…”

“It seemed impossible that there could be people in the world who still desired …”

“Oooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger!”