Apparition help please

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190709

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:
 
Geoff:
> <snip>
> > Harry felt Dumbledore's arm twist away from him and redoubled
> his grip: the next thing he knew, everything went black; he was
> being pressed very hard from all directions; he could not breathe,
> there were iron bands tightening around his chest; his eyeballs
> were being forced back into his head; his eardrums were being
> > pushed deeper into his skull and then -
> 
> > He gulped great lungfuls of cold night air and opened his
> streaming eyes. He felt as though he had just been forced through
> > a very tight rubber tube....
> 
> > ....Harry realised that he had just Apparated for the first time
> in his life.'
> > (HBP "Horace Slughorn" p,60 UK edition)
 
June:
> Really makes one understand why a lot of witches and wizards
> prefer brooms, doesn't it?

Geoff:
Which was almost Harry's comment just after this piece in the book.
:-)