Tom Riddle fingered the rim of his wineglass, the gold ring on his finger sparkling in the candlelight. "Yes, I understand you, Professor, and I agree that neither of them is particularly brilliant," he said scathingly. "I can only pity the baby, though. I’m surprised they were allowed to stay, but I suppose it would be unfair not to accommodate them, given that it is the next-to-last term of their final year."