Lyra blinked a few times as Anna answered Theo's question but tilted her head to the side. "Just reach through her to get the book," she said as she leaned in to Anna and whispered in her ear. But just as soon as she whispered, she slowly pulled back to ask another question. "Umm, you said they, Anna. Just how many are there?" She remembered seeing a couple of them at the feast but were there more?

And then the ghost finally spoke but shushed them all. How can you shush a group of students who are seeing one of the ghosts. And then part of her question was answered. "Peeves? Peeves is at this school," she whispered rather loudly.