" None of their models run well. None of 'em are built right. Mechanics want half a fortune to fix anything on it, " he added, as if he were actually explaining it to someone sitting under the table.
For example, the whole restaurant staff singing " Happy Birthday" to you can make you want to hide under the table, and you thought those people at the party were your real friends.
Hermione, on the other hand, kept putting down her knife and fork and diving under the table for her bag, from which she would seize a book to check some fact or figure.
Afterward there was a short silence. Then Johnnie said, Well, let's begin. Come on now! They pulled their chairs forward until their knees touched under the table.