Hagrid
Nothin' ta do until it stops, I'm afraid. Who was Ron tryna curse, anyway?
Harry
Malfoy. He called Hermione a- well, I'm not quite sure what it means.
Hermione
He called me a Mudblood.
Hagrid
He did not...!
Harry
What's a Mudblood?
Hermione
It means "dirty blood". Mudblood's a really foul name for someone who is Muggle-born. Someone with non-magic parents. Someone like me. It's not a term one usually hears in civilized conversation.
Hagrid
See, the thing is, Harry, there's some wizards, like the Malfoy family, who think they're better'n everyone else because they're what people call "pure-blood".
Harry
That's horrible!
Ron
It's disgusting...
Hagrid
An' it's codswallop to boot. "Dirty blood"! Why, there isn't a wizard alive today that's not half-blood or less. More to the point, they've yet t' think of a spell that our Hermione can't do. [to a tearful Hermione] Come here. [takes her hand kindly] Don't you think on it, Hermione. Don't you think on it for one minute... eh? [Hermione smiles]
