Finally they were stirring! Gwen had wondered when they would get to that. Mimicking the other students, she cleaned the wooden stirer-thing with the spell she'd learned last lesson. Counterclockwise? Which way was that? Backward, obviously because time ran forward. But which way was backward? She knew that on some clocks there were hands that went one direction or the other, but she couldn't remember which way to stir.

She glanced around the room, trying to be inconspicuous. She couldn't ask Culloden for help, not when he was so mad at the class already. Finally she started at the top and stirred to the left in a circle. Was it left? She checked really quickly with her fingers. Yep. Left. Three times, then lower the heat to minimum. Done.