McGonagall: Oh! Oh, my goodness! E-Explain yourselves, both of you! Ron and Harry: Well, what it is... Hermione: It's my fault, Professor McGonagall. McGonagall: Miss Granger? Hermione: I went looking for the troll. I'd read about them and thought I could handle it. But I was wrong. If Harry and Ron hadn't come and found me...I'd probably be dead. Ron dropped his wand. Hermione Granger, telling a downright lie to a teacher? ... Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron knocked it out with its own club. They didn’t have time to come and fetch anyone. It was about to finish me off when they arrived.’ Harry and Ron tried to look as though this story wasn’t new to them.