And the plan worked beautifully. When the teachers eventually showed up, Theo did most of the talking, with a mixture of truth and lies. He explained how he’d been worried that Hermione, who hadn’t been at the Halloween feast, wouldn’t have heard about the troll and might be in danger. How he’d asked Potter and Weasley, the last people to see her, if they knew where she was. Apparently Patil had told Potter she was in one of the bathrooms. Potter had then bravely volunteered to help him look for her.