witch mary bennet

They had no classes the next morning, and Sophie slept in. When she awoke, Mary was reading her book of Home Healing Magic again.

"Oh, dear Mary," she cried, "I really thought you read all night!"

Before Mary could answer, she immediately said, "I forgot to tell you last night, our Professor Ethelon, he also has a house elf to serve him."

"That's normal, Sophie," said Mary without even looking up. "It would be strange if he didn't have house-elves!"

Sophie jumped out of bed, leaned over to look at the title of the book, "Mary, have you really decided to give up your job at Gringotts?"

This is probably the question Mary is most hesitant about right now. "I haven't figured it out yet," she replied hesitantly, "but when it comes to the work of Gringotts, I really don't know how to prepare."

"I don't know either." Sophie found out the book list that Professor Esolen had given to Mary, and smiled, "I'm so sorry, I forgot it last night."

"Then I'll go to the library in the morning." Mary immediately put down the books in her hand, grabbed the cloak and put it on her body, "in case these books are borrowed by others."

"I'll go with you," Sophie quickly put on her clothes, "I still need a few potions books."

The two ladies stayed in the library until lunchtime, when Sophie suggested again, "Mary, I think you should ask Phippus Knight...about the work at Gringotts, he might also Can you help me?"

With a piece of fried cod in her mouth, Mary quickly looked around to make sure no one had overheard their conversation before complaining, "Oh, Sophie, don't mention him in public."

"You're too cautious," Sophie laughed.

"Give me back that book list just now," she said loudly again, "It's Professor Esolen's own handwriting, what a beautiful cursive script, I must keep it in my collection."

Mary noticed that when Sophie mentioned the professor, several girls looked at them, which made her almost forget that the professor came to Hogwarts only yesterday.However, in all fairness, she felt that Professor Ethelon's calligraphy was mediocre, and Phipps Knight's calligraphy was similar to his, but the two sisters in her family had always practiced diligently, and their calligraphy was round and beautiful.

Mary, on the other hand, had made up her mind to wait until the next letter from Phippus Knight, and to ask him in her reply if she had not yet considered the result.However, under the influence of this obvious dependence, for more than a week after that, she just used various potion books to kill time, and did not think about the work of Gringotts at all.

This time, the one brought by the owl was a small cardboard box with a hemp rope tied on the outside, so it was light to hold in the hand. Sophie moved over excitedly and watched Mary open the box.

On top of a small handful of lavender daisies, there is a small square made of letter paper.

Naturally, Mary read the letter first, and Sophie picked up the bouquet and looked it up and down.

"Well...there's a little black worm in the core," she laughed. "Mary, Phipps Knight just picked these wild flowers from somewhere?"

She was right, there were only a few lines in the letter in Mary's hand, and besides saying that he was still in Scotland, it only mentioned these flowers, which were plucked from the stream not far outside his tent.

If it was inferred maliciously, Phipps Knight's behavior was purely perfunctory, but Mary would rather think about the good, and it was already rare for him to think of picking some wild flowers for her.

"Very good," was Sophie's evaluation, and then she smiled, "Please reply quickly, and wait until I find a vase to put the flowers in."

It was easy to write a reply letter. Mary's question had already been thought out, and she even wrote it without a draft. However, new questions came one after another. Shouldn't she also send him something?

She didn't even have anything to offer, as Mary complained to Sophie, "This is too much trouble, I can't go to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and pick some leaves for him."

"Oh, Mary, how stupid you are!" Sophie suddenly yelled, "You can just embroider a handkerchief and give it away. Men's handkerchiefs only need to embroider very simple patterns. With your craftsmanship, you should It will be embroidered soon."

Mary can indeed embroider it quickly, but since this is the first gift she gave to Phipps Knight, naturally she should not be too hasty. Even if there is only a handkerchief, it should be hemmed carefully before embroidering. pattern.Moreover, since she is asking for him now, shouldn't she wait for him to solve the problem for her before giving the gift?

Before Friday, Mary's reply letter had already been mailed, and the Friday afternoon was taken up by Professor Esolen again—they had to make up a week of classes, and Saturday was also an important day, Hogwarts new The first Quidditch match of the year was scheduled to start at ten o'clock that morning.

Sophie and Mary had been going to games for the past six years, Vincent and Victor had both played as Quidditch players from their respective houses, and of course they had never cheered Vincent on, and , After they got to know Victor, Sophie often yelled for him to beat her brother to the broom. Of course, Vincent quit the Quidditch team in the fourth grade, leaving Victor with time Not many.

As for the reason why Vincent quit the Quidditch team, it was because he unfortunately grew up as one of the few wizards who didn't like the Quidditch game. He felt that the game was too rude and barbaric. A point of view scoffed.

When the two of them were going to the stadium, they happened to meet Professor Esolen. He was not alone. A group of girls from lower grades were surrounding him, like a group of chicks surrounding a hen.

Mary told Sophie the analogy, "Oh, Mary," Sophie asked in a half-truthful tone, "Professor Esolen kindly gave you the book list, how can you tell him Is it a hen?"

"He's polite to every little girl," Mary curled her lips, "he's really like a hen."

"Don't say that," Sophie emphasized again, "Let's go over and say hello to the professor."

Mary really wanted to hold Sophie, so that she might really get angry, so she just followed her and finally said hello to Professor Ethelon through the gap between the group of little girls.

"Miss Windermere, Miss Bennet, good morning," he smiled gently, "I seized the time in the morning to make up lessons for Hufflepuff's third year, and now they invite me to sit in Hufflepuff Odd stand."

"Professor," Sophie's voice was a bit sharp, "you should sit in the stands of the teachers."

The group of little Hufflepuff witches stared at Sophie with angry eyes, Mary hurriedly pulled her back, "Professor," she laughed with her, "usually only the deans of the college sit in the stands of the college .”

"Oh, thank you for reminding me," Professor Esolen still smiled and nodded at them.The little Hufflepuff witches refused to let go. They worked together and dragged Professor Eselon to the side.

"We should have grabbed the professor," Sophie stomped angrily, "these nasty little chicks!"

"The legs are on him," Mary replied casually.

When they arrived at the stands, Sophie took a closer look, and then smiled happily, "Mary, look quickly, Professor Esolen really sat in the stands of the teachers."

But Mary noticed another point, not many Gryffindor seventh graders came, it seemed that they were the only two of them among the girls.

The two greeted Dean McNabbs and found a seat before Mary told Sophie her discovery.

"That's the difference between a Hogwarts Quidditch match and a real Quidditch match," lamented Sophie. "The real Quidditch match itself is a great social event, but we're just Can bear the noise of this horde of young wizards."

"Well, think of it as cheering on Thomas Byrne," Mary sighed too.He was the only seventh year on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, but neither Sophie nor Mary knew him very well.

The entire game took only ten minutes, and it ended with the Gryffindor Seeker finding the Golden Snitch, but even so, the two ladies were still not interested.

"Won't you come next time?" Sophie asked as she walked off the stands.

Mary immediately agreed.

Another week later, Mary received a reply letter from Phipps Knight. The letter was very thick, with a few sheets of paper sandwiched in it, which clearly stated that it was a question in the Gringotts recruitment examination, not the handwriting of the person who wrote the letter. .

Phipps Knight, who had left Scotland, wrote: Last time at the ball at Stillwater, Miss Diana Houghton invited him to help see the strange creatures that had appeared in her uncle's garden, and she wrote A letter specifically invited him, and as he was passing through Coventry the other day, he stopped by to have a look, and caught an offended prick.

As a thank you, Phipps Knight asked Miss Holden to help find some possible questions for Gringotts' recruitment examination, and these few sheets of paper were prepared by Miss Holden.

"Oh, Numerology," Sophie flipped through the papers and shouted, "None of us took that class!"

In the second year, Mary really didn't think about working at Gringotts in the future, she followed Sophie's course selection completely.

"At least I have learned all the other topics," Mary said so, with sweat dripping from her forehead. This topic is actually quite difficult.

Sophie threw down the papers and asked again, "Do you think Diana Holden knew that Phipps Knight was asking her for a topic for you?"

"She must have guessed it," Mary replied without thinking. "She's always been very clever."

Phipps Knight did not answer Mary's question directly, but his attitude seemed to be obvious.Mary looked over the questions again, and wondered if she should make a review plan.

It occurred to her suddenly that Diana Holden was not her friend, so could it be possible that she deliberately gave her some too difficult questions in order to add to her troubles?

It's not good behavior to speculate maliciously in private, so Mary didn't tell Sophie her suspicions.She hesitated again and again, thinking that these questions should at least be correct in the general direction, so she should review accordingly, but choose some relatively simple content.