Harry spoke calmly into the silence: "During this sham of a trial, Fudge, Madam Bones and Dumbledore kept interrupting me—or in Dumbledore’s case, silencing me—so I never got to tell my story. When the Dementors attacked, at 9:23 p.m on 2nd August, I was at a playground near my relatives’ house. Nobody was near me when the Dementors attacked, except for my cousin, Dudley Dursley—who’s grown up with me, so he knows about magic. Dudley could neither see the two Dementors, nor defend himself against them, so it fell to me to save us both. Which I did—only to be owled a letter almost immediately, telling me that Aurors were on the way to snap my wand. Maybe I should have written back immediately and claimed I was under the Imperius Curse—then all would have been forgiven!"