Chapter 15

The tie

Of course, the tie only succeeded in pissing off both of them. Furthermore, because Winky was passed out in a lockup at the Hogsmeade police station, Sirius was already acting as the fourth judge and couldn't be the tiebreaker.

What to do?

Luna suddenly smiled. "How about the ghost of Helga Hufflepuff? Since she was from a different house than either of us."

Helga was much different from what everyone expected: she blew into the room with a loud fartlike blast, and she looked sort of like a cigar-addicted Shelley Winters.

She hocked a huge yellow spit, then said levelly, "I might just disqualify both of youse for not acting like little ladies."

Ende