“Dawn was breaking over the horizon, shell pink and faintly gold...”

“The sky outside the window was changing rapidly from deep, velvety blue to cold, steely gray and then, slowly, to pink shot with gold.”

“I love you, Hermione,” said Ron, sinking back, rubbing his eyes wearily.Hermione turned faintly pink, but merely said, “Don’t let Lavender hear you saying that.”“I won’t,” said Ron into his hands. “Or maybe I will . . . then she’ll ditch me . . .”

“A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window.”

“Dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste.”

“Someone creeping into his yard in the dead of night? More likely there's a very shell-shocked cat wandering somewhere, covered in potato peelings.”

“Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.”