The Centaurs Turn on Harry and Hermione

PAGES: 756-757

After Umbridge is carried off, the centaurs turn their attention to Harry and Hermione. Hermione desperately tries to explain that they didn't mean for the centaurs to do their "dirty work," but her words make the situation worse. The centaurs view the students as arrogant wizards trying to manipulate them and threaten to punish them for their intrusion into the forest.