He was hardly listening as the instructor corrected various people, but when she reached him he jumped almost guiltily when she spoke. "Both hands on the broom, Longbottom," she told him, "no, here, one above the other so you have proper leverage." It took her barely two minutes to fix him, but to Neville it felt like an eternity during which everyone was staring at him. At least Ron was the only Gryffindor who laughed. Eventually, finally, she moved on to the rest, and Neville tried very hard not to move so that he wouldn't be wrong again.