There is a shrieking sound from the Restricted Section, followed by an angry shout from Madam Pince. Miranda looks up, and then when she sees Pince dragging a fourth-year Hufflepuff out of the stacks by his ear and the blistered state of the boy's face, she gets up. "I'm going to see him to the hospital wing," she says. "If I'm not back before you're through can you bring my things back to our room, Karen?"