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7 Post author: FAWS 04 April 2012 02:53AM

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Comment author: thomblake 09 April 2012 05:48:51PM 4 points [-]

Does anyone else find it strange that Hermione just happened to know the formula for swearing allegiance by heart?

I agree with bogdanb. "Hermione knows X by heart" is usually equivalent to "Hermione saw X in a book", and Hermione seeks out books.