Are you serious? It went for Malfoy, first, I thought, and when we all moved back Stebbins knocked the platform, and then the snake turned, and then Marvolo hissed and it kept going.

Anyway, it's not like anyone's upset with him. Marvolo, I mean. It's just that we're impressed. I mean, I've seen him write about learning Parseltongue from the Lord Protector, but it's really quite amazing when you see it close up, isn't it?