She put on her shoes and strolled out of the library straight through the long corridor to head back to her room. She was just about to turn a corner when she heard laughing. She paused. It’s against the rules for students to be out so late, she thought. But, she didn’t want to seem like a hypocrite by lecturing the student when she, herself, had lost track of time in the library. She chose to stay quiet. The laughter, which she had detected to be coming from several guys and a girl, became louder as they approached the corner Hermione waited around.