Ron Explains What Happened After He Left

PAGES: 381-384

Ron explains his disappearance and how he got captured by a gang of Snatchers who mistook him for a Muggle-born. He managed to escape by pretending to be Stan Shunpike and then Disapparating. However, by the time he returned to the riverbank, Harry and Hermione had already left. He describes using the Deluminator to follow their voices and find them.