The Burrow resembled its name rather more than one could hope for a ducal residence. Accustomed to the icy elegance of Malfoy Manor, Hermione gaped at the tangle of buildings and outhouses which constituted the base of the House of Weasley. Why, there weren’t even any towers! Instead of a distinguished grey or black stone, the outside was an earthen brown shade which gave rise to horrible suspicions in her mind. Her hovel, though not the smallest or meanest in her village, had also been that colour, because it had been made of packed mud and then plastered over...