Originally Posted by MsMorgan

Mariel beamed and nodded cheerfully at Bunbury's acknowledgement of her earlier answer. Professors always seemed to love it when you stated the obvious. Of course now her attention was diverted to the center of the pond and the giant lilies now being discussed. Oh! They looked like giant saucers! The third year grinned at the thought of sitting inside one and spinning around and around and... huh?

Oh, another question. This time the fourteen year old did not opt to answer for most of her classmates did it for her. Queen Victoria? Yes, she knew of her. Sigh. Hopefully they would not be studying about ancient people before her time in Herbology class today. That was boring and she had enough of that in another class. But, wait... Victoria's secret? She had a secret? Now that was not boring at all. "What kind of secret did she have?" she mused aloud, widened eyes staring at the boat-like lilies.