Fanny Elsing and the Bonnell girls, roused early from slumber, were yawning on the back seat and the Elsings' mammy sat grumpily on the box, a basket of freshly laundered bandages on her lap.
" I was just telling young Marcus here that I had the pleasure of teaching his Uncle Damocles, " Slughorn told Harry and Neville, now passing around a basket of rolls.
First, it's just a really new concept to actually do this in a measurable medical way, as opposed to just bringing someone a pan of lasagna or a basket of fruit.