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settlg hiself the archair opposite the o sisters
”we we are alone, aren39t we?” narcissa asked ietly
39yes, of urse well, wortail39s here, but we39re not untg ver, are we?”
he poted his wand at the wall of books behd hi and with a bang, a hidden door flew open, revealg a narrow staircase upon which a sall an stood frozen
”as you have clearly realized, wortail, we have guests,” said snape zily
the an crept, hunchbacked, down the st few steps and oved to the roo he had sall, watery eyes, a poted nose, and wore an unpleasant siper his left hand was caressg his right, which looked as though it was encased a
ight silver glove
”narcissa!” he said, a seaky voice ”and beltrix! how charg--”
”wortail will t drks, if you39d like the,” said snape ”and then he will return to his bedroo”
wortail ced as though snape had thrown thg at hi
”i a not your servant!” he seaked, avoidg snape39s eye
”really? i was under the ipression that the dark lord pced you here to assist ”
”to assist, yes--but not to ake you drks and--and clean your hoe!”
”i had no idea, wortail, that you were cravg ore danro assignnts,” said snape silkily ”this can be easily arrand: i shall speak to the dark lord--”
”i can speak to hi yself if i want to!”
”of urse you can,” said snape, sneerg ”but the anti,
g drks of the elf-ade e will do”
wortail hesitated for a ont, lookg as though he ight argue, but then turned and headed through a send hidden door they heard bangg and a clkg of gsses with sends he was back, bearg a dty bottle and three gsses upon a tray he dropped these on the rickety table and scurried fro their presence, sg the book-vered door behd hi
snape poured out three gsses of bloodred e and handed o of the to the sisters narcissa urured a word of thanks, whilst beltrix said nothg, but ntued to glower at snape this did not see to dispose hi on the ntrary, he looked rather aed
”the dark lord,” he said, raisg his gss and drag it
the sisters pied hi snape refilled their gsses as narcissa took her send drk she said a rh, ”sever, i39 rry to e here like this, but i had to see you i thk you are the only one who can help --”
snape held up a hand to s her, then poted his wand aga at the ncealed staircase door there was a loud bang and a seal, followed by the und of wortail scurryg back up the stairs
”y apologies,” said snape ”he has tely taken to listeng at doors, i don39t know what he ans by it you were sayg, narcissa?”
she took a great, shudderg
eath and started aga
”sever, i know i ought not to be here, i have been told to say nothg to anyone, but--”
”then you ought to hold your tongue!” snarled beltrix ”particurly present pany!”
39”present pany39?” repeated snape sardonically ”and what urn i to understand by that, beltrix?”
”that i don39t trt you, snape, as you very well know!”
narcissa let out a noise that ight have been a dry b and vered her face with her hands snape set his gss down upon the table and sat back aga, his hands upon the ars of his chair, silg to beltrix39s glowerg face
”narcissa, i thk we ought to hear what beltrix is burstg to say it will save tedio terruptions well, ntue, beltrix,” said snape ”why is it that you do not trt ?”
”a hundred reans!” she said loudly, stridg out fro behd the fa to s her gss upon the table ”where to start! where were you when the dark lord fell? why did you never ake any attept to fd hi when he vanished? what have you been dog all these years that you39ve lived dubledore39s pocket? why did you s the dark lord procurg the rcerer39s stone? why did you not return at once when the dark lord was reborn? where were you a few weeks ago when we battled to retrieve the prophecy for the dark lord? and why, snape, is harry potter still alive, when you have had hi at your rcy for five years?”
she paed, her chest risg and fallg rapidly, the lor high her cheeks behd her, narcissa sat otionless, her face still hidden her hands
snape siled
”before i answer you — oh yes, beltrix, i a gog to answer! you can carry y words back to the others who whisper behd y back, and carry fal