We also noticed that a person we'd seen at St. Mungo's had died. It appeared that someone had sent him a cutting of Devil's Snare, which the idiots at St. Mungo's hadn't recognised as dangerous, and it had promptly strangled him as soon as the lights were off. Reading this, my respect for the Healers and other people in charge at St. Mungo's took a nosedive. I mean, Devil's Snare is a first-year plant in Herbology, for Merlin's sake! Still, I must admit that it was a very clever way to get rid of someone. I made a mental note, and one fine day our dear schoolmate Draco Malfoy may receive a present that does more than it seems to---if he pays as much attention to Herbology as he does to Care of Magical Creatures, it'll be a doddle.