"And he was just as much a little git then as he is now," she said affectionately. Hermione smirked at hearing the hopefully-future king described in such terms. "He used to catch flies and tear the wings off – it really was the sweetest thing, would have brought a tear to your eye. And he’d run after the servants with sharpened sticks, especially Dobby. Good old Dobby. He had to put up with a lot from us."