"What do you mean, you're not sure?" asks Ron, looking up from the broccoli he's pushing around his plate (Hermione is trying to encourage the family to follow Michael Pollan's Vegan before 6 rules, but it's not going well).
"I mean," said Hermione, grateful the kids have excused themselves and are chasing a football around the back garden, "that I'm not comfortable with the amount of bullying and, and, dangerous activity we were exposed to there. I've been thinking about how I would feel if Rose had to fight for her life at twelve. It's not safe there, Ron."
She doesn't mention the new studies that indicate that going away to school at such a young age so often seems to warp a child's emotional development; she doesn't want Hugo to turn out as the next Boris Johnson, after all--not that Ron would recognize that as a problem.
HP, Ron & Hermione
"I mean," said Hermione, grateful the kids have excused themselves and are chasing a football around the back garden, "that I'm not comfortable with the amount of bullying and, and, dangerous activity we were exposed to there. I've been thinking about how I would feel if Rose had to fight for her life at twelve. It's not safe there, Ron."
She doesn't mention the new studies that indicate that going away to school at such a young age so often seems to warp a child's emotional development; she doesn't want Hugo to turn out as the next Boris Johnson, after all--not that Ron would recognize that as a problem.