superciliously,

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young

onerous

mollycoddling.

sepulchral

mollified

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

din.

Has it not occurred to you, my poor puffed-up popinjay, that there might be an excellent reason why the headmaster of Hogwarts is not confiding every tiny detail of his plans to you? Have you never paused, while feeling hard-done-by, to note that following Dumbledore’s orders has never yet led you into harm? No. No, like all young people, you are