The corners of Kate's lips edged up into a small smile. She didn't know why she was so intimidated about giving an answer to the Headmistress. She guessed it was because the woman was in charge of the whole entire school. Yeah. That was probably it. That was a pretty big job, Kate thought.

Kate followed along with the lesson and quickly added onto her notes. She put her righthand glove back on, since she'd been taking notes with that hand, and then accepted a pair of earmuffs. Were those...hamburgers on the end? Great.

Headmistress Truebridge wanted MORE properties?! Kate could come up with loads, but coming up with things that had already been said was the hard part. Raising her hand, she added, "You can tell when a Mandrake is fully matured, because they start moving into each other's pots," she said. That was important, because wouldn't their screams be the most fatal?