Scorpius wishes he could leave the spell-breaking for the professionals, too. He is still a student, after all!

But, a spell does have to be broken.

He shrinks the book and stuffs it in his pocket - he hopes Sir Harold won't mind and claim mistreatment; he will put it back the way it was! - and follows the others down the trapdoor and into the woods.

(Woods that the goblins of Gringotts would love.)

There's all sorts of paths to take and there's nothing in the book about which is the right path.

Luckily: "She's left footprints."



Which are soon in danger of being wiped out because there's something dusting them off the path ahead.