Melanie found this position easier. Well, easier than the previous one, at least. The key was to hold her leg up mainly with her arm and not the elevated thigh muscle. She figured that out after a minute tops of trying it the other way. It was also much easier to talk in this position than in The Boat.

"I would say, Professor," she began, "that a hex is generally darker than a jinx, and more likely to cause some sort of harm."

She couldn't think of any new examples of jinxes, so she kept quiet about that part.