{The news|The information|Reports} that Colin Creevey had been {attacked|assaulted|ambushed} and was now lying {as though|as if|like someone} dead in the {hospital wing|infirmary|medical wing} had spread through the {entire school|school|whole school} by Monday morning. {The air was {suddenly|quickly|rapidly} thick with {rumor and suspicion|suspicion and rumor|gossip and doubt}|{Rumor and suspicion|Suspicion and rumor|Gossip and doubt} {suddenly|quickly|rapidly} filled the air}.
{The {shocking|terrible|disturbing|} news|The {alarming|concerning|troubling|} information|{Disturbing|Alarming|Concerning|} reports} that Colin Creevey had been {viciously|brutally|savagely|} {attacked|assaulted|ambushed} and was now lying {as though|as if|like someone} dead in the {hospital wing|infirmary|medical wing} had spread through the {entire|whole|complete|} school by {early|} Monday morning. {The air was {suddenly|quickly|rapidly|} thick with {rumor and suspicion|suspicion and rumor|gossip and doubt}|{Rumor and suspicion|Suspicion and rumor|Gossip and doubt} {suddenly|quickly|rapidly|} filled the air}.