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  ends and faily as to detect death eaters aseradg as others by e of the polyjuice potion see pa 2
  5 should you feel that a faily ber, lleague, friend, or neighbor is actg a stran anner, ntact the agical w enforcent sad at once they ay have been put under the iperi curse see pa 4
  6 should the dark ark appear over any dwellg pce or other buildg, do not enter, but ntact the auror office idiately
  7 unnfird sightgs est that the death eaters ay now be g feri see pa 10 any sightg of an feri, or enunter with sa, should be reported to the istry idiately
  harry grunted his sleep and his face slid down the dow an ch or , akg his gsses still ore lopsided, but he did not wake up an ar clock, repaired by harry several years ago, ticked loudly on the sill, shog one ute to eleven beside it, held pce by harry39s rexed hand, was a piece of parchnt vered th, sntg writg harry had read this letter often sce its arrival three days ago that although it had been delivered a tightly furled scroll, it now y ite ft
  dear harry,
  if it is nvenient to you, i shall call at nuber four, privet drive this g friday at eleven p to esrt you to the burrow, where you have been vited to spend the reader of your school holidays
  if you are agreeable, i should al be gd of your assistance a atter to which i hope to attend on the way to the burrow i shall exp this ore fully when i see you
  kdly send your answer by return of this owl hopg to see you this friday,
  i a, yours ost scerely,
  alb dubledore
  though he already knew it by heart, harry had been stealg gnces at this issive every few utes sce seven o39clock that eveng, when he had first taken up his position beside his bedroo dow, which had a reanable view of both ends of privet drive he knew it was potless to keep rereadg dubledore39s words harry had sent back his ”yes” with the deliverg owl, as reested, and all he uld do now was wait: either dubledore was gog to e, or he was not
  but harry had not packed it jt seed too good to be true that he was gog to be rescued fro the dursleys after a re fortnight of their pany he uld not shrug off the feelg that thg was gog to go wrong — his reply to dubledore39s letter ight have gone astray dubledore uld be prevented fro llectg hi the letter ight turn out not to be fro dubledore at all, but a trick or joke or trap harry had not been able to face packg and then beg let down and havg to unpack aga the only sture he had ade to the possibility of a journey was to shut his snowy owl, hedwig, safely her ca
  the ute hand on the ar clock reached the nuber elve and, at that precise ont, the street-p outside the dow went out
  harry awoke as though the sudden darkness were an ar hastily straighteng his gsses and unstickg his cheek fro the gss, he pressed his nose agast the dow stead and sted down at the pavent a tall figure a long, billog cloak was walkg up the garden path
  harry juped up as though he had received an electric shock, knocked over his chair, and started snatchg anythg and everythg with reach fro the floor and throg it to the trunk even as he lobbed a set of robes, o spellbooks, and a packet of crisps across the roo, the doorbell rang downstairs the livg roo his uncle vernon shouted, ”who the bzes is callg at this li of night?”
  harry froze with a
  ass telespe one hand and a pair of traers the other he had pletely fotten to warn the dursleys that dubledore ight be g feelg both panicky id close to ughter, he cbered over the trunk and wrenched open his bedroo door ti to hear a deep voice say, ”good eveng you t be r dursley i daresay harry has told you i would be g for hi?”
  harry ran down the stairs o at a ti, g to an a
  upt halt several steps fro the botto, as long experience had taught hi to rea out of ar39s reach of his uncle whenever possible there the doorway stood a tall, th an with waist-length silver hair and beard half-oon spectacles were perched on his crooked nose, and he was wearg a long bck travelg cloak and 1 poted hat vernon dursley, whose tache was ite as bhy as dubledore39s, though bck, and who was wearg a puce dressg gown, was starg at the visitor as though he uld not believe his ty eyes
  ”judgg by your look of stunned disbelief, harry did not warn you that i was g,” said dubledore pleasantly ”however, let assu that you have vited warly to your hoe it is