..Just sit tight and we""ll get to you." As the platoon locked and loaded and ominous thunder rumbled, King began to sing the folk tune: "Oh, Susanna.In her dressing room, Frenchy""s chattering black maid Clara (Lillian Yarbo) cowers like "a mass of quiverin"" flesh" from he "boomin"" and the bangin"" of them there pop-guns," although Frenchy is accustomed to gun violence in Bottleneck: "What do you expect in a town like this?" Frenchy bends over and empties her bustier of gold coins:Clara: What""s comin"" up? A new gold rush?Frenchy: We never got anything like that in New Orleans, did we?Clara: Maybe so, maybe so, but it was a heap more peaceful.Rather than the extreme punishment of expulsion, they both received detention.Once they were ensconced in their studies, they learned about repotting living Mandrake roots from Professor Sprout in Greenhouse Three, and were introduced to their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher - Professor Gilderoy Lockhart - who showed them freshly-caught although mischievous blue Cornish Pixies.The rest of the film is a flashback - a look back at he middle-aged man""s life to try to understand why he is reciting lines in his dressing room.