Overnight, Dolores Umbridge discovered that she had suddenly turned into a toad and nearly lost her mind. Her temper became even more volatile and irritable, forcing Madam Pomfrey to give her large amounts of Calming Draught to keep her from completely breaking down over her appearance.
What troubled Madam Pomfrey even more, however, was that she not only had to make time to comfort that detestable toad, but also deal with the endlessly curious students.
After word spread that Umbridge had turned into a toad, students in groups began using Quick Escape Candy supplied by the Weasley twins to send themselves to the Hospital Wing for treatment, all so they could catch a glimpse of the toad's true appearance.
Madam Pomfrey had no choice but to take out curtains and hang them around Umbridge's bed, keeping others from seeing the toad's appearance lest she be overcome with shame and lose emotional control. However, it did little good, because curtains could not block out everyone's voices, much less stop students who loved courting death.
Madam Pomfrey suggested more than once that Umbridge go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for more proper treatment, but Umbridge refused. She did not want anyone else to know she had become like this.
Umbridge knew perfectly well that if she appeared at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries looking like this, she would be on the front page of the newspapers the very next day.
She would never allow that to happen.
What Umbridge did not know was that some unscrupulous fellow had already photographed her toad form and was preparing to publish it in a magazine.
On the third day after Umbridge turned into a toad, Minister for Magic Fudge personally rushed to Hogwarts to visit her. He even