Then Colm walked sideways, to the right end of the High Table, then to the left end of the High Table, then back to Dumbledore, as Colm spoke to all the professors at the High Table: "Dumbledore is known to use cat’s-paws, he’s known to use minions, to do his dirty work for him. How easy is it for this scheming headmaster to arm-twist a minion to do something, so that Dumbledore’s hands never get dirty, then if the minion is caught committing the evil deed, for Dumbledore to say, "Oh, I never told him to do this, he did this all on his own!’ Listen to me, professors: the Queen’s command to Dumbledore to leave Sir Harry and Miss Granger alone, is also Her Majesty’s command to each of you. Each of you shall leave them alone or you shall lose your magic, I promise you. So what if Dumbledore threatens to send you down if you fail to obey him—better to be sacked than to lose your magic, right?"