Frank ran over and immediately began pulling Harry's shawl up away from his mouth, as he was in danger of swallowing it. Hermione shot out a hand on instinct ... to stop Frank removing any more of the covering than he had to. She didn't think Harry would want that, no matter what was happening to him. The exposed part of his scar was pulsing with angry energy and had turned a deep shade of bruised purple. It had opened up and was dripping with pus and blood ... and it smelled truly disgusting. Hermione would have pinched her nose at the putrid stench, but she was now in full-on panic mode and barely noticed it.