It was much harder than Hermione had anticipated to get Crabbe alone. The moon-faced toady of Draco Malfoy was always with someone, either in class or surrounded by a squad of his mean little chums. Apparently there was a rift developing between Crabbe and Goyle, as the two were studiously avoiding one another and shooting each other nasty looks in the hallways, but Hermione didn’t particularly care what sort of argument the two bullies had gotten into. 