It was obvious to Daphne that the Slytherins had been outmanoeuvred—overpowered before they could begin any attack. The Slytherin thing to do now, the cunning thing, would be to watch and to learn, just as Blaise Zabini was doing. Instead, several male Slytherin hotheads looked mortally insulted that a mudblood man would dare to point a wand in their general direction, and they looked to be only seconds away from drawing their wands.