Chapter3:
Harriet opened her eyes, not that made that much difference to how much she could see.
but at the sight of her open eyes someone come bushelling over to her bed.
"how are you feeling?"
came a soft kind voice beside her.
"fine" she said and it was true to apart from a strange throbbing in her leg. "were am I?" she asked, the last she could remember was the sound all the dogs rushing towards her and the excruciating pain in her leg before she must have passed out.
"your in St. Mungoes hospital for magical maladies and injuries" the women answered "professor McGonigal has already been in twice waiting for you to come round, I think I better contact her" the women's scuffling footsteps moved away.
Harriet thought, maybe this had something to do with the letter she had received which unfortunately she had been unable to read so had no idea what it had said.
The door squeaked slightly as it was pushed open and a pair of feet made their way across the floor towards were Harriet lay. The a voice cut through the otherwise silent room.
"how are you doing Harriet?" the voice sounded female and was somehow very strict at the same time sounded concerned. Then another pair of feet came across, these belonged to the first lady,
"she's doing fine, but its rather nasty and will take longer than normal to heal, there seems to have been something in those dogs sliver."
McGonigal gave a slight sniff and then pulled herself together drawing another letter from her bag and handing it to Harriet. Who turned the letter around in her hand, listening to the slight crackling noise it made. But not even bothering to look at it.
"why aren't you reading it?" professor McGonigal enquired.
Harriet looked up and said quite simply:
"I can't"
"what on earth do you mean, you can't? McGonigal asked surprised.
"I'm blind" Harriet said. What else could she say?
She hurried the slight rustle of their garments as the two women looked at each other, both seemed at a complete lose of what to say.
Then finally the healer said:
"I'll look into it"
and with that the footsteps moved away.
Harriet lay her mind completely blank, she had no idea what was going on.