Of course, she thought it had been Hermione Granger. But this time the little mudblood bitch had an alibi—one of the stupid Gryffindor girls, Lavender something, had collapsed in the hallway. Granger had brought her into the Hospital Wing, teary-eyed and frantic, afraid her precious friend had been injured. The girl was all right. A little bump on her head. Nothing to write home about. 