Dolores Umbridge:
Your previous instruction in this subject has been disturbingly uneven. But you will be pleased to know from now on, you will be following a carefully structured, Ministry-approved course of defensive magic.
[Hermoine raises her hand]
Dolores Umbridge:
Yes?
Hermione Granger:
There's nothing in here about using defensive spells.
Dolores Umbridge:
Using spells? Ha ha! Well I can't imagine why you would need to use spells in my classroom.
Ron Weasley:
We're not gonna use magic?
Dolores Umbridge:
You will be learning about defensive spells in a secure, risk-free way.
Harry Potter:
Well, what use is that? If we're gonna be attacked, it won't be risk-free.
Dolores Umbridge:
Students will raise their hands when they speak in my class.
[pauses]
Dolores Umbridge:
It is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be sufficient to get you through your examinations, which after all, is what school is all about.
Harry Potter:
And how's theory supposed to prepare us for what's out there?
Dolores Umbridge:
There is nothing out there, dear! Who do you imagine would want to attack children like yourself?
Harry Potter:
[sarcastically]
Oh, I don't know. Maybe Lord Voldemort!
[there is a brief silence]
Dolores Umbridge:
Now let me make this quite plain. You have been told that a certain dark wizard is at large once again. This... is... a... lie.
Harry Potter:
It's not a lie! I saw him! I fought him!
Dolores Umbridge:
DETENTION, Mr. Potter!
Harry Potter:
So according to you, Cedric Diggory dropped dead OF HIS OWN ACCORD.
Dolores Umbridge:
Cedric Diggory's death was a tragic accident.
Harry Potter:
[angrily]
It was murder! Voldemort killed him! You must know!
Dolores Umbridge:
ENOUGH! Enough. See me later, Mr. Potter, in my office.
[giggles]
