Slughorn's Invitation and Snape's Detention
Pages 233-234
After dinner, Horace Slughorn invites Harry and Hermione to a supper party, hoping to include them with rising stars like Cormac McLaggen and Zabini. However, Harry has detention with Snape, and Slughorn promises to try to convince Snape to postpone it. Harry doubts Snape will agree, as the detention has already been postponed once.