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also escaped the trap armed with several cutlasses, crossbows, a blunderbuss
and a miniature cannon. The castle was evacuated while Peeves amused
himself by firing randomly out of the windows and threatening all and sundry
with death. A three-day standoff was ended when the Headmistress of the day,
Eupraxia Mole, agreed to sign a contract allowing Peeves additional
privileges, such as a once-weekly swim in the boys’ toilets on the ground
floor, first refusal on stale bread from the kitchen for throwing purposes, and
a new hat – to be custom-made by Madame Bonhabille of Paris. Rancorous
Carpe took early retirement for health reasons, and no subsequent attempt has
ever been made to rid the castle of its most ill-disciplined inhabitant.
Peeves does recognise authority of a sort. Though generally unimpressed
by titles and badges, he is generally amenable to the strictures of the teachers,
agreeing to stay out of their classrooms while they teach. He has also been
known to show an affinity for rare students (notably Fred and George
Weasley), and is certainly afraid of the ghost of Slytherin, the Bloody Baron.
His true loyalties, however, were revealed in the Great Battle of Hogwarts.