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but we39ve never found hi if you ask , he39s not danro unless he39s got support, it39s bck we ought to be worryg about you39ll put out that warng, then? excellent well, i hope we don39t see each other aga, pri ister! good night”
but they had seen each other aga less than a year ter a harassed-lookg fud had appeared out of th air the cabet roo to r the pri ister that there had been a spot of bother at the kwidditch or that was what it had unded like world cup and that several les had been ”volved,” but that the pri ister was not to worry, the fact that you-know-who39s ark had been seen aga ant nothg fud was sure it was an ited cident, and the le liain office was dealg with all ory odifications as they spoke
”oh, and i alost fot,” fud had added ”we39re iportg three foreign dragons and a sphx for the triwizard tournant, ite route, but the departnt for the regution and ntrol of agical creatures tells that its down the rule book that we have to notify you if we39re
gg highly danro creatures to the untry”
”i--what--dragons?” spttered the pri ister
”yes, three,” said fud ”and a sphx well, good day to you”
the pri ister had hoped beyond hope that dragons and sphxes would be the worst of it, but no less than o years ter, fud had erupted out of the fire yet aga, this ti with the news that there had been a ass
eakout fro azkaban
”a ass
eakout?” repeated the pri ister hoarsely
”no need to worry, no need to worry!” shouted fud, already with one foot the fs ”we39ll have the rounded up no ti--jt thought you ought to know!”
and before the pri ister uld shout, ”now, wait jt one ont!” fud had vanished a shower of green sparks
whatever the press and the opposition ight say, the pri ister was not a foolish an it had not escaped his notice that, despite fud39s assurances at their first etg, they were now seeg rather a lot of each other, nor that fud was beg ore fstered with each visit little though he liked to thk about the ister of agic or, as he always called fud his head, the other ister, the pri ister uld not help but fear that the next ti fud appeared it would be with graver news still the site, therefore, of fud steppg out of the fire once ore, lookg disheveled and fretful and sternly surprised that the pri ister did not know exactly why he was there, was about the worst thg that had happened the urse of this extrely glooy week
”how should i know what39s gog on the--er--wizardg unity?” snapped the pri ister now ”i have a untry to run and ite enough ncerns at the ont without--”
”we have the sa ncerns,” fud terrupted ”the
ock-dale
id didn39t wear out that wasn39t really a hurricane those urders were not the work of les and herbert chorley39s faily would be safer without hi we are currently akg arrannts to have hi transferred to st ungo39s hospital for agical adies and juries the ove should be effected tonight”
”what do you i39 afraid i what?” bstered the pri ister
fud took a great, deep
eath and said, ”pri ister, i a very rry to have to tell you that he39s back he-who-t-not-be-nad is back”
”back? when you say 39back39 he39s alive? i an--”
the pri ister groped his ory for the details of that horrible nversation of three years previoly, when fud had told hi about the wizard who was feared above all others, the wizard who had itted a thoand terrible cris before his ysterio disappearance fifteen years earlier
”yes, alive,” said fud ”that is--i don39t know--is a an alive if he can39t be killed? i don39t really understand it, and dubledore won39t exp properly--but anyway, he39s certaly got a body and is walkg and talkg and killg, i suppose, for the purposes of our discsion, yes, he39s alive”
the pri ister did not know what to say to this, but a persistent habit of wishg to appear well-rd on any subject that ca up ade hi cast around for any details he uld reber of their previo nversations
”is serio bck with--er--he-who-t-not-be-nad?”
”bck? bck?” said fud distractedly, turng his bowler rapidly his frs ”siri bck, you an? rl39s beard, no bck39s dead turns out we were--er--istaken about bck h