"Best take it at a run," Marigold's father said as they approached Platform 9 3/4. Huh? she thought, but she was used to her father's odd sayings from his Hogwarts days. Her mother, on the other hand, looked curious, but a little out of place, too.
"C'mon!" said her father. Now he was telling her to hurry up? But then he took her elbow and ran into a solid brick wall... and they disappeared into the platform.