The fact that Hagrid was now on probation became common knowledge within the school over the next few days hardly anybody appeared to be upset about it; indeed, some people, Draco prominent among them, seemed positively gleeful. As for the freakish death of an obscure Department of Mysteries employee in St. Mungo's,the Slytherins seemed to be the only ones who knew or cared and that was because it was related to the prophecy. There was only one topic of conversation in the corridors now: the ten escaped Death Eaters, whose story had finally filtered through the school from those few people who read the newspapers. Rumours were flying that some of the convicts had been spotted in Hogsmeade, that they were supposed to be hiding out in the Shrieking Shack and that they were going to break into Hogwarts, just as Sirius Black had once done.