- Professor McGonagall escorts the student body to Hogsmeade.
- But Harry can't go, because he didn't get his permission slip signed. Isn't there a forgery spell he can use?
- Harry spends his time talking to Lupin about Dementors.
- Lupin explains that a person's pain becomes a Dementor's power.
- Speaking of pain, Harry believes that the female scream he hears whenever a Dementor approaches is his mother.
- Lupin knew her. And like everyone who knew her, he thought she was a total babe.
- Lupin also believes that Harry inherited his father's "talent for trouble." He means that as a compliment.