Violet took a few minutes to practice the incantation under her breath--the emphasis on the second syllable was a bit tricky--before grasping her wand in hand and heading toward the door to the "house." Walking through it, she found herself in what must be the study. Bother! How many knives were there likely to be in a study, after all? Still, there must be at least some here, or Professor Carton wouldn't have included it.

Deciding that the desk was the best place to start, Violet walked over to it and, after briefly looking around the desktop, began rummaging around in the drawers. Sure enough, right in the top drawer, she found a small knife, the kind you used for cutting the pages of a book. "Scar-PAH-fors!" she said, trying to get the pronunciation right, and flicked her wand at the little knife, then stood back to watch whether it would change.