His stomach dropped and Ernie wasn't entirely sure if his heart was still beating as he looked at her. So she did know something about Ginny, then. But how on earth was he going to get that information out of her?
While Ernie certainly liked to think he was incredibly smart, loyal, hardworking, all of those traits that belonged to a Hufflepuff, one thing he wasn't was conniving. And this conversation was really entirely out of his league.
"I suppose I'd have to know what happened to Ginny Weasley in order to fear ending up like her, Professor Carrow."