| s-101
| Harry had only seen Percy at meal-times so far; he stayed shut in his room the rest of the time. |
| s-102
| Wish I knew what he was up to, said Fred, frowning. |
| s-103
| If we're not careful, we'll have another Head Boy in the family. |
| s-104
| I don't think I could stand the shame. |
| s-105
| Bill was the oldest Weasley brother. |
| s-106
| He and the next brother, Charlie, had already left Hogwarts. |
| s-107
| Harry had never met either of them, but knew that Charlie was in Romania, studying dragons, and Bill in Egypt, working for the wizard's bank, Gringotts. |
| s-108
| Harry said nothing. |
| s-109
| He felt a bit awkward. |
| s-110
| Stored in an underground vault at Gringotts in London was a small fortune that his parents had left him. |
| s-111
| of course, it was only in the wizarding world that he had money; you couldn't use Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts in Muggle shops. |
| s-112
| He had never mentioned his Gringotts bank account to the Dursleys; he didn't think their horror of anything connected with magic would stretch to a large pile of gold. |
| s-113
| Mrs Weasley woke them all early the following Wednesday. |
| s-114
| After a quick half-a-dozen bacon sandwiches each, they pulled on their coats and Mrs Weasley took a flowerpot off the kitchen mantelpiece and peered inside. |
| s-115
| We'll have to buy some more today ah well, guests first! |
| s-116
| And she offered him the flowerpot. |
| s-117
| Harry stared at them all watching him. |
| s-118
| Never? said Mr Weasley. |
| s-119
| How exactly – |
| s-120
| He took a pinch of glittering powder out of the flowerpot, stepped up to the fire, and threw the powder into the flames. |
| s-121
| With a roar, the fire turned emerald green and rose higher than Fred, who stepped right into it, shouted, Diagon Alley! and vanished. |