But it didn’t help enough. After a brief lull in attacks for fear of either Professor Snape’s retribution or Hermione’s new curses, they cornered her one evening in the girls’ dorm, and at Pansy’s shrill command, Millicent wrestled Hermione’s wand out of her tight-fisted grasp so that the girls could hex her without fear of retaliation. Hermione mentally cursed that she’d left her homemade wand in the bottom of her trunk. She was working hard to keep it secret and rarely got it out except when summoning her friends.