.Special.discounts.to.Hogwarts.students.who.swear.they.re.going.to.use.our.products.to.get.rid.of.this.old.bat,..added.George,.pointing.at.Professor.Umbridge..
.STOP.THEM!..shrieked.Umbridge,.but.it.was.too.late..As.the.Inquisitorial.Squad.closed.in,.Fred.and.George.kicked.off.from.the.floor,.shooting.fifteen.feet.into.the.air,.the.iron.peg.swinging.dangerously.below..Fred.looked.across.the.hall.at.the.poltergeist.bobbing.on.his.level.above.the.crowd..
.Give.her.hell.from.us,.Peeves...
And.Peeves,.who.Harry.had.never.seen.take.an.order.from.a.student.before,
.swept.his.belled.hat.from.his.head.and.sprang.to.a.salute.as.Fred.and.George.wheeled.about.to.tumultuous.applause.from.the.stuents.below.and.sped.out.of.the.open.front.doors.into.the.glorious.sunset..
—.CHAPTER.THIRTY.—.
Grawp.
The.story.of.Fred.and.George.s.flight.to.freedom.was.retold.so.often.over.the.next.few.days.that.Harry.could.tell.it.would.soon.become.the.stuff.of.Hogwarts
legend:.within.a.week,.even.those.who.had.been.eye‐witnesses.were.half‐
convinced.they.had.seen.the.twins.dive‐bomb.Umbridge.on.their.brooms.and.pelt.her.with.Dungbombs.before.zooming.out.of.the.doors..In.the.immediate.aftermath.of.their.departure.there.was.a.great.wave.of.talk.about.copying.them.
.Harry.frequently.heard.students.saying.things.like,..Honestly.some.days.I.just.feel.like.jumping.on.my.broom.and.leaving.this.place,..or.else,..One.more.lesson.like.that.and.1.might.just.do.a.Weasley...
Fred.and.George.had.made.sure.nobody.was.likely.to.forget.them.too.soon..For.one.thing,.they.had.not.left.instructions.on.how.to.remove.the.swamp.that.now.filled.the.corridor.on.the.fifth.floor.of.the.east.wing..Umbridge.and.Filch.had.
been.observed.trying.different.means.of.removing.it.but.without.success.
.Eventually.the.area.was.roped.off.and.Filch,.gnashing.his.teeth.furiously,.was.given.the.task.of.punting.students.across.it.to.their.classrooms..Harry.was.certain.that.teachers.like.McGonagall.or.Flitwick.could.have.removed.the.swamp.in.an.instant.but,.just.as.in.the.case.of.Fred.and.Georges.Wildfire.Whiz‐bangs,.they.seemed.to.prefer.to.watch.Umbridge.struggle..
Then.there.were.the.two.large.broom‐shaped.holes.in.Umbridge.s.office.door,
.through.which.Fred.and.George.s.Cleansweeps.had.smashed.to.rejoin.their.masters..Filch.fitted.a.new.door.and.removed.Harry.s.Firebolt.to.the.dungeons.where,.it.was.rumoured,.Umbridge.had.set.an.armed.security.troll.to.guard.it.
.However,.her.troubles.were.far.from.over..
Inspired.by.Fred.and.George.s.example,.a.great.number.of.students.were.now.vying.for.the.newly.vacant.positions.of.Troublemakers‐in‐Chief..In.spite.of.the.new.door,.somebody.managed.to.slip.a.hairy‐snouted.Niffler.into.Umbridge.s.office,.which.promptly.tore.the.place.apart.in.its.search.for.shiny.objects,.leapt.on.Umbridge.when.she.entered.and.tried.to.gnaw.the.rings.off.her.stubby.fingers.
.Dungbombs.and.Stink.Pellets.were.dropped.so.frequently.in.the.corridors.that.it.became.the.new.fashion.for.students.to.performBubble‐Head.Charms.on.themselves.before.leaving.lessons,.which.ensured.them.a.supply.of.fresh.air,