Wade paused. "Is it that obvious?"
"Maybe others wouldn't notice, but to us, it's far too obvious!" Fred said with a grin. "We saw you come out of the corridor with the mirror just now, and now you've found Paracelsus's portrait. Aren't you looking for a Secret Passage?"
"But it's no use. Filch knows about the Secret Passage behind that portrait too, and he's on guard! Even if you sneak in, he'll definitely catch you when you come out." George added, "That guy knows four of the castle's Secret Passages."
"But we know more! If you really want to sneak out of school to do something—"
"What we mean is—go to Honeydukes to buy some sweets or something—"
"Then go to the middle of the fourth-floor corridor and find a statue of a one-eyed hunchbacked witch—"
"The password is Separation of Left and Right—"
"The exit is in Honeydukes."
"So—" Fred gave a mischievous wink. "We look forward to seeing you have a great adventure!"
"Why tell me?" Wade asked curiously. "You haven't told many people about this Secret Passage either, have you?"
"Of course not! Even little Ronnie doesn't know!"
"But you've already found two Secret Passages through your own efforts—you're qualified to become a new generation of rule-breakers!" Fred declared solemnly, as if carrying out some serious inheritance.
"We also received some help from our predecessors once—um—very valuable help," George said vaguely. "So we ought to help some like-minded people too!"
"Keep it up, Wade!" Fred gave him a thumbs-up. "You've got talent."
Wade did not want to know what sort of "talent" he meant... He had a feeling the Twins had some misunderstanding about him.
Separation of Left and Right!
Wade found the statue of the hunchbacked witch and spoke the spell. Its hump immediately opened, leaving