Well, he said, trying to sound as though he found the whole thing a joke, if you want to -- er -- what is it? (He checked Percy's letter.) Oh yeah -- 'sever ties' with me, I swear I won't get violent....
You're joking, Perce! You are actually joking, Percy... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were-
Can't stay long, Mother, he said. I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-Oh, are you a prefect, Percy? said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. You should have...
How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad? asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding.The Ministry's providing a couple of cars, said Mr. Weasley.Everyone looked up at him.Why? said Percy c...
There was a scuffling and a great thump: someone else had clambered out of the tunnel, overbalanced slightly and fallen. He pulled himself up on the nearest chair, looked around through lopsided horn...
I was a fool! Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph. I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -Ministry-loving, family-disowning, power-hungry moron, said Fred.Perc...
And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.
Hello, Minister! bellowed Percy, sending a neat jinx straight at Thicknesse, who dropped his wand and clawed at the front of his robes, apparently in awful discomfort. Did I mention I'm resigning?