Horace Vernet Judith and Holofernes painting

Horace Vernet Judith and Holofernes painting
Horace Vernet The Lion Hunt painting
other people were dismounting from brooms and, in two cases, skeletal, black winged horses.

　　　Wrenching open the back door, Harry hurtled into their midst. There was a general cry of greeting as Hermione flung her arms around him, Ron clapped him on the back, and Hagrid said, "All righ', Harry? Ready fer the off?"

　　　"Definitely," said Harry, beaming around at them all. "But I wasn't expecting this many of you!"

　　　"Change of plan," growled Mad-Eye, who was holding two enormous bulging sacks, and whose magical eye was spinning from darkening sky to house to garden with dizzying rapidity. "Let's get undercover before we talk you through it."