Eight in the evening.
Douglas checked the time, stood up, and asked the Weasley Twins:
"How is the memorizing going? How much longer before you can write it out from memory?"
George's and Fred's eyes lit up. The professor was planning to go out.
If they gave him a longer estimate, wouldn't that mean detention could end early today?
"Professor, we'll probably need another half hour or so to memorize it all!"
"Writing it out will probably take an hour too!"
Douglas said, "Oh," then simply sent them to the doorway to keep memorizing, and to write it out once they knew it.
Ever since the two had brazenly brought Angelina into his office to eat and drink,
Douglas no longer trusted them alone in his office.
The Weasley Brothers shrugged. They no longer cared about having to stand in the corridor to memorize passages and write them out.
Since last time, to prepare for the professor throwing them out again, they had worn thick clothes on every visit and brought along a little gadget. At last, it would come in handy.
Douglas walked out with them, took a few steps forward, then doubled back.
He pulled a piece of parchment from his pocket and said:
"Stay right here and behave yourselves. No wandering around. Don't forget I have the Marauder's Map!
"Oh, and if you finish writing, don't wait here for me. Head back to Gryffindor Tower. Once I spot you on the map,
"I'll find you on the way!
"One final point: don't even think about cheating.
"You should know there's a kind of magic that can look back at what happened several hours ago..."
With that, he left. As for that last bit of magic, well, the magical world was so vast that nobody could guarantee they