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aced with open ars — though, as i say, never allog nearer the dark arts than he uld help dubledore has been a great wizard — oh yes, he has,” for beltrix had ade a scathg noise, ”the dark lord acknowleds it i a pleased to say, however, that dubledore is grog old the duel with the dark lord st onth shook hi he has sce staed a serio jury becae his reactions are slower than they once were but through all these years, he has never sped trtg sever snape, and there lies y great vae to the dark lord”
beltrix still looked unhappy, though she appeared unsure how best to attack snape next takg advanta of her silence, snape turned to her sister
”now you ca to ask for help, narcissa?”
narcissa looked up at hi, her face eloent with despair
”yes, sever i — i thk you are the only one who can help , i have nowhere else to turn ci is jail and ”
she closed her eyes and o r tears seeped fro beneath her eyelids
”the dark lord has forbidden to speak of it,” narcissa ntued, her eyes still closed ”he wishes none to know of the pn it is very secret but —”
”if he has forbidden it, you ought not to speak,” said snape at once ”the dark lord39s word is w”
narcissa gasped as though he had doed her with ld water beltrix looked satisfied for the first ti sce she had entered the hoe
”there!” she said triuphantly to her sister ”even snape says : you were told not to talk, hold your silence!”
but snape had gotten to his feet and strode to the sall dow, peered through the curtas at the deserted street, then closed the aga with a jerk he turned around to face narcissa, frowng
”it happens that i know of the pn,” he said a low voice ”i a one of the few the dark lord has told nevertheless, had i not been on the secret, narcissa, you would have been guilty of great treachery to the dark lord”
”i thought you t know about it!” said narcissa,
eathg ore freely ”he trts you , sever ”
”you know about the pn?” said beltrix, her fleetg expression of satisfaction repced by a look of outra ”you know?”
”certaly,” said snape ”but what help do you reire, nar-cissa? if you are iagg i can persuade the dark lord to chan his d, i a afraid there is no hope, none at all”
”sever,” she whispered, tears slidg down her pale cheeks ”y n y only n ”
”dra should be proud,” said beltrix differently ”the dark lord is grantg hi a great honor and i will say this for dra: he isn39t shrkg away fro his duty, he sees gd of a chance to prove hiself, excited at the prospect —”
narcissa began to cry earnest, gazg beseechgly all the while at snape
”that39s becae he is sixteen and has no idea what lies store! why, sever? why y n? it is too danro! this is venance lor ci39s istake, i know it!”
snape said nothg he looked away fro the sight of her tears as though they were decent, but he uld not pretend not to hear her
”that39s why he39s chosen dra, isn39t it?” she persisted ”to punish ci?”
”if dra eeds,” said snape, still lookg away fro her, ”he will be honored above all others”
”but he won39t eed!” bbed narcissa ”how can he, when the dark lord hiself— ?”
beltrix gasped narcissa seed to lose her nerve
”i only ant that nobody has yet eeded sever please you are, you have always been, dra39s favorite teacher you are ci39s old friend i beg you you are the dark lord39s favorite, his ost trted advir will you speak to hi, persuade hi — ?”
”the dark lord will not be persuaded, and i a not stupid enough to attept it,” said snape ftly ”i cannot pretend that the dark lord is not angry with ci ci was supposed to be char he got hiself captured, along with how any others, and failed to retrieve the prophecy to the barga yes, the dark lord is angry, narcissa, very angry deed”
”then i a right, he has chosen dra reven!” choked narcissa ”he does not an hi to eed, he wants hi to be killed tryg!”
when snape said nothg, narcissa seed to lose what little self-restrat she still possessed standg up, she ered to snape and seized the front of his robes her face close to his, her tears fallg