"Just pass me one of those," Hermione smirked. "Well, without poor Seamus, it will just be half-a-dozen of us. Ernie can't make it. He is under investigation by the Commission for passing warnings to some Muggleborns in Kent. They escaped England by jumping over the White Cliffs of Dover in a rubber dinghy. They should be half way to France by now, tide permitting. It's far too risky for him to come."