At long last, the train stopped at Hogsmeade station, and there was a great scramble to get outside; owls hooted, cats meowed, and Neville's pet toad croaked loudly from under his hat.
The Prince gazed into Beauty's face, with eyes that were at long last no longer lonely and sad. Thank you, my Beauty, he said, you have released me from a terrible spell.
He swam on for what felt like at least twenty minutes. He was passing over vast expanses of black mud now, which swirled murkily as he disturbed the water. Then, at long last, he heard a snatch of haunting mersong.
" So, " said Wood, at long last, jerking Harry from a wistful fantasy about what he could be eating for breakfast at this very moment up at the castle.
When at long last the bell rang, Harry was first out of the dungeon and had already started his lunch by the time Ron and Hermione joined him in the Great Hall.
But luckily, it's got friends in low places, and the small intestine is more than happy to pick up the slack and provide a cozy environment where your food is at long last disassembled and absorbed by your cells.