"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
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- Minerva McGonagall: "May I offer you a cough drop, Dolores?"
- Dolores Umbridge: "Oh, no, thank you very much. I just wondered whether I could make the teensiest interruption, Minerva?"
- — Minerva McGonagall offers Dolores Umbridge a cough drop after she loudly clears her throat in order to make an interruption[src]
A cough drop is a small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily soothe coughs.
History[]
In 1996, during Harry Potter's Careers Advice session with Professor Minerva McGonagall, Dolores Umbridge tried to interrupt by loudly clearing her throat. An incensed McGonagall offered her a cough drop in a curt fashion, without even looking at Umbridge.[1]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)