Oh, the way she says it is so infuriatingly dripping. That's rich, he thinks.
And laughs. Or scoffs. Even he's not certain which. "Maybe not when it comes to you. No, I'm sure you're happy as a pig in mud1 here. But some of us would rather not be here at all. Some of us find ourselves the unwilling victim of a girl's lack of education. If you were so keen on pretending to be something you aren't, the least you could have done was learn the right words of dismissal. Though I must say," the boy snarls, quite nastily indeed. "I've never heard of anyone botching it this badly."
1. Strictly not the word he uses, but let's keep things clean for the young readers, shall we?
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And laughs. Or scoffs. Even he's not certain which. "Maybe not when it comes to you. No, I'm sure you're happy as a pig in mud1 here. But some of us would rather not be here at all. Some of us find ourselves the unwilling victim of a girl's lack of education. If you were so keen on pretending to be something you aren't, the least you could have done was learn the right words of dismissal. Though I must say," the boy snarls, quite nastily indeed. "I've never heard of anyone botching it this badly."