The notices had gone up all around the school overnight, but they did not explain how every single person within the castle seemed to know that Dumbledore had overcome two Aurors, the High Inquisitor, the Minister for Magic, and his Junior Assistant to escape. No matter where Alena went within the castle, the sole topic of conversation was Dumbledore's flight, and though some of the details may have gone awry in the retelling ( Alena overheard one second-year girl assuring another that Fudge was now lying in St Mungo's with a pumpkin for a head ) it was surprising how accurate the rest of their information was. Everybody knew, for instance, that Harry, Alena, and Marietta were the only students to have witnessed the scene in Dumbledore's office and, as Marietta was now in the hospital wing, Harry and Alena found themselves besieged with requests to give a firsthand account.