Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ACT FOUR, SCENE FIFTEEN
A BEAUTIFUL HILL
HARRY and ALBUS walk up a hill on a beautiful summer’s day. They say nothing, enjoying the sun
on their faces as they climb.
HARRY: So are you ready?
ALBUS: For what?
HARRY: Well, there’s the fourth-year exams — and then the fifth year — big year — in my fifth
year I did —
He looks at ALBUS. He smiles. He talks quickly.
I did a lot of stuff. Some of it good. Some of it bad. A lot of it quite confusing.
ALBUS: Good to know.
HARRY smiles.
I got to watch them — you know — for a bit — your mum and dad. They were — you had fun
together. Your dad used to love to do this smoke ring thing with you where you . . . well, you
couldn’t stop giggling.
HARRY: Yes?
ALBUS: I think you’d have liked them. And I think I would have liked them too.
HARRY nods. There’s a faintly uncomfortable silence. Both are trying to reach each other