“You will erect a statue of Babbitty upon me, in memory of your poor washerwoman, and to remind you for ever of your own foolishness! ” said the stump.
The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain.
" I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, " Dumbledore said to Uncle Vernon, " but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness."