come from? Someone’s mopped it up.”
“It was about here,” said Ron, recovering himself to walk a few paces past Filch’s chair and
pointing. “Level with this door.”
He reached for the brass doorknob but suddenly withdrew his hand as though he’d been burned.
“What’s the matter?” said Harry.
“Can’t go in there,” said Ron gruffly. “That’s a girls’ toilet.”
“Oh, Ron, there won’t be anyone in there,” said Hermione standing up and coming over. “That’s
Moaning Myrtle’s place. Come on, let’s have a look.”
And ignoring the large OUT OF ORDER sign, she opened the door.
It was the gloomiest, most depressing bathroom Harry had ever set foot in. Under a large,
cracked, and spotted mirror were a row of chipped sinks. The floor was damp and reflected the
dull light given off by the stubs of a few candles, burning low in their holders; the wooden doors
to the stalls were flaking and scratched and one of them was dangling off its hinges.
Hermione put her fingers to her lips and set off toward the end stall. When she reached it she
said, “Hello, Myrtle, how are you?”
Harry and Ron went to look. Moaning Myrtle was floating above the tank of the toilet, picking a
spot on her chin.
“This is a
girls’ bathroom,” she said, eyeing Ron and Harry suspiciously. “
They’re not girls.”
“No,” Hermione agreed. “I just wanted to show them how er — nice it is in here.”
She waved vaguely at the dirty old mirror and the damp floor.
“Ask her if she saw anything,” Harry mouthed at Hermione.
“What are you whispering?” said Myrtle, staring at him.
“Nothing,” said Harry quickly. “We wanted to ask —”
“I wish people would stop talking behind my back!” said Myrtle, in a voice choked with tears. “I
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