At that assertion, Hamish raised two bushy, grey eyebrows.

"Miss Bonaccord, I cannot fathom why you would think that," he answered her. "I myself eliminated herbology after my OWLs as it was of little interest to me. Do you think Headmaster Black ought to revoke my status as head of Hufflepuff?" Though his tone was in the vague proximity of seriousness, there was laughter in the wizard's eyes nonetheless.