witch mary bennet

Mary had just sent her reply to Phippus Knight, and in turn received another letter from a strange owl.

"Whose is it?" Sophie became curious.

Mary opened the letter, read two lines, and smiled, "It's Victor Hastings," she put the accent on purposely, "he said he wrote you three letters, and you didn't reply, So he asked me to persuade you."

"Sophie," Mary said in a serious tone immediately, "it's wrong not to answer the letter."

"I really don't have anything to write about," Sophie argued. "Besides, I'm going to help Professor Esolen prepare various potions, so I'm very busy."

"Then write about potions, and about our new professor," Mary sighed. "Anyway, you can't ignore Victor like this anymore."

Sophie agreed, and the reply she completed in a very short time was sent to Elis.

However, within a few days, she was talking about the benefits of Victor Hastings again, because both she and Mary had been notified that the dance arranged by Hogwarts for young witches and wizards who had grown up, There will be one on the Saturday night before Halloween.

"Without Victor, there will be no one to dance with us for the first dance," Sophie babbled with the notice, "Mary, maybe the whole night, we'll just sit around and drink tea bored."

"Then..." Mary asked tentatively, "Aren't you going?"

Sophie nodded and agreed without thinking, but the next day, she was anxious to go to the dance again.

"Professor Esolen actually undertook the organization of this dance. I really can't figure it out. He has to attend classes and do research, so how can he have spare time to arrange the dance!"

"So, dear Sophie," Mary asked slowly, "are we going to the ball?"

"Of course!" Sophie said loudly, "and I have to dress up a bit. I want to find a chance to make an appointment with Professor Esolen for the first dance."

"Looking for a chance?" Mary was a little surprised.

"Uh...it's like this," Sophie said a little coyly, "Accordingly, I am the only girl among the sixth and seventh graders who helped Professor Eselon, of course I should have the first dance with the professor, but yesterday I heard from the professor that he also invited some of his young friends in the wizarding world to liven up the atmosphere of the ball."

Mary laughed, "So, he needs to treat the guests well."

"So I'm going to find an opportunity as soon as possible." Sophie seemed to muster up her courage again, "I'll make an appointment with the professor first."

Sophie kept her word, and by the next evening Mary had heard of her success.

"Professor Ethelon said he invited more male guests than female guests," Sophie looked very happy, "so he agreed to dance with me for the first time."

"Okay, then get ready," Mary nodded.

"I have to go home, just this weekend," Sophie said again, "and ask Midas to prepare me new clothes and shoes for dancing. I've been too busy recently, so let her help me conjure another Put on jewelry."

"You can review at ease," she told Mary, "give me your skirt, and let Midas help you remake it."

Mary didn't think it was necessary, but Sophie insisted that she was wearing this skirt at the prom last semester and had to change it, so Mary gave her the skirt.

Sophie went home on Friday afternoon, and Mary didn't even go out to dinner for two days at the weekend. She took some extra rolls and cheese from the lunch table and sat down on hot tea in the evening.

All the time saved was spent on reviewing. Mary finally decided to only review everything except arithmetic and divination. Objectively speaking, arithmetic and divination is a difficult class. Without the guidance of a teacher, she I don't think I can benefit in the short term through self-study.

Moreover, according to the news Mary inquired recently, arithmetic divination is not a compulsory subject.Gringotts will inevitably hold a recruitment exam before the end of the year, so even if arithmetic divination is subtracted, her review time is still not enough.

In the following week, Sophie has been spreading all kinds of information about the prom, so that Mary can't help but look forward to the prom.She took a closer look at her mood, and found that she was just under too much pressure from the review, but she needed something else to relieve her more and more urgently.

Sophie worked well into the night, but one day, when she came back, she handed Mary a vial of potion.

"Sedative potion," Sophie said, "I think you will need it sooner or later, so I asked Professor Esolen to prepare one for you today."

It was in their potions book, and Mary sighed, "Wait until the exam."

Under the influence of this kind of emotion, the dance party that people were looking forward to actually became dull on that day. Of course, this was only for Mary herself, and Sophie had a good time.

There were more wizards than witches present, so Mary did not miss the first dance. However, she has been sitting on the sidelines since the second dance. Of course, not only her, but also several boys and girls were also present. Sitting there.

Sophie had already been introduced to his friends by Professor Ethelon, and Mary heard the professor comment that Sophie was "the one who is best at potions among the young witches". There are many wizards who are anonymous or unwilling to come to Hogwarts to study, so Sophie, who is dancing with a black robe wizard, looks a little smug.

By the fourth dance, there were two more witches who sat down, both students of Hogwarts, and the guests invited by Professor Esolen seemed to be more and more happy, so Mary decided to give up, instead of continuing to idle Sitting is a waste of time, it is better to go back and continue reviewing.

With this thought in mind, she stopped delaying and returned to Gryffindor Tower quickly.Sophie didn't come back until she fell asleep under the quilt with a book in her arms.

With the lessons learned from the prom, on Halloween, Mary didn’t make any entertainment plans at all. Phipps Knight persuaded Mary to combine work with rest in the routine correspondence and take advantage of the opportunity of Halloween to relax, but Mary was still not interested.

It was just dark on Halloween night, and a large bonfire was lit on the grounds in front of Hogwarts Castle. The house-elf in the kitchen carried out the skeleton of a whole cow, some sheep bones, and some grains. Throw it into the fire, and the smell of burning will be more pungent.An informal Halloween dance was arranged around the bonfire, and all students were allowed to participate, so it became a big carnival for the younger students, while the older students had fun with their weird dance moves.

The hall was also decorated, and ghosts were floating around. After the sumptuous dinner, many students stayed to play the game of biting apples, and many little witches gathered together to try divination.

Several professors were also wandering in the hall, including the most popular Professor Esolen, who was showing a large bottle of strange purple potion with a faint luster to the junior students, and the potion gave off a refreshing smell. The smell of the smell, after a while, the smell was unbearable, making the students around him make a fuss.

Professor Esolen brought an assistant, that is Sophie.While she was concentrating on stirring the potion, Professor Esolen said a few words to the students, then turned his face to Sophie with a smile and said something.

Mary suddenly missed Phippus Knight a little, and she didn't like the feeling of being alone on this festival, so she hurried back to the dormitory, found a piece of stationery, and was going to write him a letter.

But after writing only three lines, she put down the pen and wrote to him to tell him how much she misses, isn't it a sign of weakness?Mary suddenly hesitated, maybe this is a natural behavior for lovers, but they don't seem to be lovers now.

But they were good friends after all, and she asked Phipps Knight how he spent the holiday, and then quickly ended the letter.Mary wrote another letter to her sister Jane, and felt a little hot, and went out again with the two letters, to the Tower of the Owl, and found Phoenicia, and sent it to deliver.

Mary didn't see Sophie again that night, she was used to it.In the evening of the second day, when Mary came out of the hall and returned to Gryffindor Tower alone, she happened to be walking with Anne Palmer and her roommate.

"Mary, isn't Sophie with you?" They asked, and Miss Palmer immediately lowered her voice mysteriously, "Mary, Sophie and Professor Esolen are really close now, you know, they are Aren't you already engaged?"

Mary was taken aback. "How is that possible?" Her voice changed. "I've never heard of it."

"You didn't pay attention." Miss Palmer seemed a little upset. "Last night, the professor and Sophie were dancing by the fire, talking and laughing like no one else. Many people saw it."

Mary was speechless, thinking of Sophie's recent performance, she also felt guilty, even her voice was weak, so she had to simply perfunctory them.

"We should all congratulate Sophie if she does marry Professor Ethelen," Miss Palmer went on.

"Sophie is not a frivolous person," Mary emphasized heavily.

However, she already planned to ask Sophie clearly.

"Sophie, someone told me that you are engaged to Professor Esolen." After Sophie came back, Mary stated the fact in a very calm manner, as if she didn't believe it either.

"Who said that?" Sophie shouted in surprise.

"Everyone in the Gryffindor common room is saying," Mary exaggerated.

"That's not the case," Sophie argued, but Mary could see that she too was flushed.

"Sophie, people have seen you getting closer and closer to the professor," Mary said earnestly.

Sophie hesitated for a long time before sighing, "Mary, I really want to find someone to fall in love with."

Is this an admission?Mary didn't think about it at all, but Sophie had already fled into the bathroom quickly.

Now it's Mary's turn to have a headache. Even if you don't consider the teenage age difference between him and Sophie, what is the reason for a man like Professor Esolen who looks so good in every way? Why are you alone now?

Mary waited patiently for Sophie to emerge from the bathroom before throwing the question at her.

"I don't know, Mary," was Sophie's answer, and she added, after a moment's reflection, "I don't think I need to know either."