Dropping out (was re: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights)

[constancevigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 171252

Dungrollin:
 
[T]wo of the pieces of [the Scholastic] cover art show [Hermione and
Ron] in robes while Harry's in muggle clothes, or is there another
clue that I've missed? 

 Eddie:
 
1. R&H are not only in robes, but dress robes.  I'm assuming this is
because R&H were at some school function.  Graduation?  But I can
imagine it being equally possible they are in dress robes because of
Bill & Fleur's wedding.  But then why isn't Harry in dress robes too?

CV:

How do you know they are dress robes? I've examined the screen with
the magnifying glass <a
href="http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/covers/art7deluxe.htm">here</a>
and they look torn, but otherwise normal. And it appears as if
Hermione is wearing a shirt and pants under her robes. Is that what
someone would wear under dress robes? Or do you have another reason to
believe they are in dress robes?

I like how Hermione, who never liked to fly, is looking decidedly
uncomfortable on the dragon.

And I *still* think that dragon is Norbert. Pearly eyes be damned,
those are *ridges* on his back. Thank you, Quirrell, for bringing
Norbert into the story. There. I've managed to mention Quirrell in a
completely unrelated post.

CV