Qiu and Ron were both concerned about the sudden pain in the scar on Harry's forehead-Ron later told Hermione, who was concerned too.
But because it had lasted only a very short time, Harry himself had not given it much thought.
Since they really had no idea what had caused it, and rather a lot of similar things had happened lately, Ron and the others discussed it for a while without reaching any conclusion, then let it drop.
Early the next morning, however, everyone learned why it had happened.
At breakfast the next day,
Mass breakout from Azkaban!
On the front page, ten black-and-white photographs took up almost the entire page.
They showed nine wizards and one witch.
Some sneered silently, while others arrogantly tapped their fingers against the edges of their photographs.
Beneath each photograph were the person's name and the crimes for which they had been sent to Azkaban.
The photographs and details of the others did not catch Harry and his friends' attention. Their eyes were all fixed on the photograph of the witch-Bellatrix Lestrange.
Though she had clearly been ravaged by years in prison, Harry could still tell from the photograph that this lone female Death Eater featured in the paper had once been remarkably beautiful.
That was hardly surprising.
Harry knew that Bellatrix's surname before her marriage had been Black.
She was Sirius's older sister.
Just how handsome was Sirius?
Even Cedric, currently the best-looking boy at Hogwarts, fell somewhat short of him.
And the two other older sisters of his whom Harry had met, Malfoy's mother, Narcissa Malfoy, and Tonks's mother, Andromeda Tonks, were both quite beautiful.
So it seemed only natural that Bellatrix, who shared their bloodline, should be beautiful too.
But it was not the beauty that remained even after Azkaban had