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t"S-P-E-W. I was going to put Stop the Outrageous Abuse of Our Fellow Magical Creatures and Campaign for a Change in Their Legal Status - but it wouldn't fit. So that's the heading of our manifesto."
-Hermione Granger |
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"How dare you!" said Ron, in mock outrage. "We've been working like house-elves here."
Hermione raised her eyebrows.
"It's just an expression," Ron said hastily. |
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"Spew?" said Harry, picking up a badge and looking at it. "What's this about?"
"Not spew," said Hermione impatiently. "It's S-P-E-W, stands for Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare."
"Never heard of it," said Ron.
"Well, of course you haven't," said Hermione briskly. "I've only just started it."
"Yeah," said Ron in mild suprise. "How many members have you got?"
"Well, if you two join- three," said Hermione.
"And you think we want to walk around wearing badges saying 'spew,' do you?" said Ron.
"S-P-E-W," said Hermione hotly. |
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"Worrying about more 'ickle goblins now, are you?" Ron asked Hermione. "Thinking of starting up S.P.U.G or something? The Society for Protection of Ugly Goblins? "
- Ron Weasley |
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"But they get paid?" she said. "They get holidays, don't they? And -- and sick leave, and pensions, and everything?"
-Hermione Granger |
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They were so busy that Hermione had stopped knitting her elf hats and was fretting that she was down to her last three.
"All those poor elves I haven't set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren't enough hats!"
-Hermione Granger |
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"Slave labor," said Hermione, breathing hard through her nose. "That's what made this dinner. Slave labor."
-Hermione Granger |
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"You're eating again , I notice," said Ron, watching Hermione adding liberal amounts of jam to her toast too.
"I've decided there are better ways of making a stand about elf rights," said Hermione haughtily. |
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The porttrait swung forward to reveal a hole in the well through which they all climbed. a crackling fire warmed the circular common room, which was full of squashy armchairs and tables. Hermione cast the merrily dancing flames a dark look, and Harry distinctly heard her mutter "Slave labor," before bidding them good night and disappearing through the doorway to the girls' dormitory. |
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"Our short-term aims," said Hermione, speaking even more loudly than Ron, and acting as though she hadn't heard a word, "are to secure house-elves fair wages and working conditions. Our long-term aims include changing the law about non-wand use, and trying to get an elf into the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, because they're shockingly underrepresented."
-Hermione Granger |
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"I've been researching it thoroughly in the library. Elf enslavement goes back centuries. I can't believe no one's done anything about it before now."
-Hermione Granger |
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