Hermione doing magic

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 167848

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "houyhnhnm102" <celizwh at ...> wrote:
 
> Hermione didn't speak of *practicing* magic when she first 
> met Harry and Ron on the train.  What she said was "I've 
> learned all our course books by heart, of course. . . . I
> got a few extra books for background reading."  She may 
> have spoken of using magic outside of school somewhere else, 
> though, and I don't remember it.

Geoff:
With respect, she did and at the beginning of the same 
conversation which you mentioned above.....

'"Are you sure that's a real spell?" said the girl. "Well, it's not very 
good is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's 
all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever 
such a surprise when I got my letter but I was ever so pleased, of 
course, I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've 
heard - I've learnt all out set books off by heart, of course, I just 
hope it will be enough - I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who 
are you?"'
(PS "The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters" p.79 
UK edition)