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  that oasion, not to ntion done his best to sash several of dubledore39s ost prized possessions
  dubledore, however, seed pletely rexed
  ”keep your wand at the ready, harry,” he said
  ightly
  ”but i thought i39 not allowed to e agic outside school, sir?”
  ”if there is an attack,” said dubledore, ”i give you perission to e any unterjx or curse that ight our to you however, i do not thk you need worry about beg attacked tonight”
  ”why not, sir?”
  ”you are with ,” said dubledore siply ”this will do, harry”
  he ca to an a
  upt halt at the end of privet drive
  ”you have not, of urse, passed your apparition test,” he said
  ”no,” said harry ”i thought you had to be seventeen?”
  ”you do,” said dubledore ” you will need to hold on to y ar very tightly y left, if you don39t d — as you have noticed, y wand ar is a little fragile at the ont”
  harry gripped dubledore’s proffered forear
  ”very good,” said dubledore ”well, here we go”
  harry felt dubledore’s ar ist away fro hi and redoubled his grip the next thg he knew, everythg went bck he was beg pressed very hard fro all directions he uld not
  eathe, there were iron bands tighteng around his chest his eyeballs were beg forced back to his head his eardrus were beg phed deeper to his skull and then —-
  he gulped great ngfuls of ld night air and opened his streag eyes he felt as though he had jt been forced through a very tight rubber tube it was a few sends before he realized that privet drive had vanished he and dubledore were now standg what appeared to be a deserted vil sare, the center of which stood an old war orial and a few benches his prehension catchg up with his senses, harry realized that he had jt apparated for the first ti his life
  ”are you all right?” asked dubledore, lookg down at hi licitoly ”the sensation does take ttg ed to”
  ”i39 fe,” said harry, rubbg his ears, which felt as though they had left privet drive rather rectantly ”but i thk i ight prefer
  oos  ”
  dubledore siled, drew his travelg cloak a little ore lightly around his neck, and said, ”this way”
  he set off at a
  isk pace, past an epty n and a few hoes aordg to a clock on a nearby church, it was alost idnight
  ” tell , harry,” said dubledore ”your scar has it been hurtg at all?”
  harry raised a hand unnscioly to his forehead and rubbed i he lightng-shaped ark
  ”no,” he said, ”and i39ve been wonderg about that i thought it would be burng all the ti now voldeort39s ttg powerful aga”
  he gnced up at dubledore and saw that he was wearg a satisfied expression
  ”i, on the other hand, thought otherwise,” said dubledore ”lord voldeort has fally realized the danro aess to his thoughts and feelgs you have been enjoyg it appears that he is now eployg oncy agast you”
  ”well, i39 not pg,” said harry, who issed neither the disturbg dreas nor the startlg fshes of sight to voldeort39s d
  they turned a rner, passg a telephone box and a b shelter harry looked sideways at dubledore aga ”profesr?”
  ”harry?”
  ”er — where exactly are we?”
  ”this, harry, is the charg vil of budleigh babberton”
  ”and what are we dog here?”
  ”ah yes, of urse, i haven39t told you,” said dubledore ”well, i have lost unt of the nuber of tis i have said this recent years, but we are, once aga, one ber of staff short we are here to persuade an old lleague of e to e out of retirent and return to hogwarts”
  ”how can i help with that, sir?” |
  ”oh, i thk we39ll fd a e for you,” said dubledore vaguely ”left here, harry”
  they proceeded up a steep, narrow street led with hoes all the dows were dark the odd chill that had over privet drive for o weeks persisted here too thkg of dentors, harry cast a look over his shoulder and grasped his wand reassurgly his pocket
  ”profesr, why uldn39t we jt apparate directly to your old lleague39s hoe?”
  ”becae it would be ite as rude as kickg down the front door,” said dubledore ”urtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denyg entry any case, ost wizardg dwellgs are