After eleven o'clock at night, when Albert quietly slipped through the portrait hole and returned to the Gryffindor tower, the other students had already gone to bed. The common room was pitch dark and deathly quiet, save for the faint embers still glowing in the fireplace.
Just as Albert was preparing to head up to his dormitory, he noticed a dark shadow huddled in the armchair nearest to the passageway. Moving the light of his wand closer, he saw Hermione sitting beside the table, fast asleep with her head pillowed on an open book.
"Hermione, wake up. Wake up now. Don't sleep here, you'll catch a cold." Albert gently shook the girl's shoulder to rouse her.
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