Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Book 3 - Chapter 10 Part 2

Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Book 3 - Chapter 10 Part 2

“This, Harry, is the secret of our success,” said George, patting the parchment fondly. “It’s a wrench, giving it to you,” said Fred, “but we decided last night, your need’s greater than ours.” “Anyway, we know it by heart,” said George. “We bequeath it to you. We don’t really need it anymore.” “And what do I need with a bit of old parchment?” said Harry. “A bit of old parchment!” said Fred, closing his eyes with a grimace as though Harry had mortally offended him. “Explain, George.” “Well … when we were in our first year, Harry — young, carefree, and innocent —” Harry snorted. He doubted whether Fred and George had ever been innocent. “— well, more innocent than we are now — we got into a spot of bother with Filch.” “We let off a Dungbomb in the corridor and it upset him for some reason —” “So he hauled us off to his office and started threatening us with the usual —” “— detention —” “— disembowelment —” “— and we couldn’t help noticing a drawer in one of his filing cabinets marked Confiscated a…