"No it's not," Herman said, irritated. "There's more to Scotland than Hogwarts, since Hogwarts is a school and Scotland is a country. If it'd been here, they'd have said, it's more interesting that way. So obviously it wasn't."
And his chance was gone, wasn't it? Gone the moment he admitted to the existence of the outside world, which -- of course -- trumped anything he might want. He cleared his throat. "Think you'll be leaving now?" he asked Meaghan.