Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Book 3 - Chapter 9 Part 2

Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban Book 3 - Chapter 9 Part 2

was ten minutes late for Defense Against the Dark Arts, and set off at a run with Wood shouting after him, “Diggory’s got a very fast swerve, Harry, so you might want to try looping him —” Harry skidded to a halt outside the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, pulled the door open, and dashed inside. “Sorry I’m late, Professor Lupin, I —” But it wasn’t Professor Lupin who looked up at him from the teacher’s desk; it was Snape. “This lesson began ten minutes ago, Potter, so I think we’ll make it ten points from Gryffindor. Sit down.” But Harry didn’t move. “Where’s Professor Lupin?” he said. “He says he is feeling too ill to teach today,” said Snape with a twisted smile. “I believe I told you to sit down?” But Harry stayed where he was. “What’s wrong with him?” Snape’s black eyes glittered. “Nothing life-threatening,” he said, looking as though he wished it were. “Five more points from Gryffindor, and if I have to ask you to sit down again, it will be fifty.” Harry walked slowly to his seat a…