It was only because of their prior involvement with The Order that Hermione and Ginny were sometimes able to pick up little bits and pieces among the staff. Or read between the lines of whatever slander Skeeter deemed fit to have printed in the Prophet. It was almost daily that Hermione would turn down her nose at the name on the front page. She had wondered several times if she ought not owl Skeeter and remind her of a certain glass jar, they had both been very fond of.