Her reply had bearing now, “Honestly? He left a date with Cho, a very good-looking housemate of mine, just because Hermione asked him to.
Sorry to nit-pick, but Harry's date with Cho wasn't until Fifth Year. The middle of Fifth year (on St. Valentines Day, I believe, putting it in mid-February), to be exact. Mandy Brocklehurst couldn't have cited that incident at this time...
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