Harry could hear more popping, and the faint whining scream of a Catherine wheel, but the two witches were too distracted by their argument to notice, "I am implying," McGonangall continued coldly, "that your position here at Hogwarts is tenuous at best. I imagine that, if Professor Dumbledore remains absent, that Minister Fudge would wish to use the new academic year to assign someone more suitable to the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts,"