The corridor below the prefects' bathroom leads from the nearest staircase [on the Fourth floor] to the prefects' bathroom on the floor above and has a tapestry hanging about halfway down the corridor. This tapestry conceals a narrower staircase forming a shortcut that leads down two floors [from the Fourth Floor], which contains the trick step that Neville often forgets to jump. The bottom of the staircase is also concealed by a tapestry.
A statue of Boris the Bewildered, a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands, stands in one corridor [The shortest route from the statue to the Gryffindor Tower lies in one direction down this corridor, while the nearest staircase leading down to the Fourth Floor lies int he opposite direction of this.
The fourth door to the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered on the fifth floor is the Prefect's Bathroom. The door requires a password, and can be bolted from the inside. No mention is made of any portrait or statue guarding the room's entrance; apparently the door itself recognizes the password.
There is one piece of artwork in the bathroom itself, a rather flirtatious picture of a mermaid on one wall. Myrtle, who occasionally enjoys spying on the prefects as they bathe, doesn't seem to like her much.
Inside, the bathroom's walls, floor, and single sunken bathtub are all made of white marble, lit softly by a candle-filled chandelier that impressed Harry on his first visit. The rectangular tub is the size and depth of a swimming pool, and even has a diving board, but unlike an ordinary pool the tub is lined with about a hundred taps, each with a differently coloured jewel set into the handle. Each tap automatically releases not only water, but bubble bath (a different kind of bubble bath for each colour-coded handle). A pile of fluffy white towels are kept in one corner.
A statue of Boris the Bewildered, a lost-looking wizard with his gloves on the wrong hands, stands in one corridor [The shortest route from the statue to the Gryffindor Tower lies in one direction down this corridor, while the nearest staircase leading down to the Fourth Floor lies int he opposite direction of this.
The fourth door to the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered on the fifth floor is the Prefect's Bathroom. The door requires a password, and can be bolted from the inside. No mention is made of any portrait or statue guarding the room's entrance; apparently the door itself recognizes the password.
There is one piece of artwork in the bathroom itself, a rather flirtatious picture of a mermaid on one wall. Myrtle, who occasionally enjoys spying on the prefects as they bathe, doesn't seem to like her much.
Inside, the bathroom's walls, floor, and single sunken bathtub are all made of white marble, lit softly by a candle-filled chandelier that impressed Harry on his first visit. The rectangular tub is the size and depth of a swimming pool, and even has a diving board, but unlike an ordinary pool the tub is lined with about a hundred taps, each with a differently coloured jewel set into the handle. Each tap automatically releases not only water, but bubble bath (a different kind of bubble bath for each colour-coded handle). A pile of fluffy white towels are kept in one corner.
