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  agically protected fro unwanted apparators at hogwarts, for stance —”
  ”— you can39t apparate anywhere side the buildgs or grounds,” said harry ickly ”herione granr told ”
  ”and she is ite right we turn left aga”
  the church clock chid idnight behd the harry wondered why dubledore did not nsider it rude to call on his old lleague te, but now that nversation had been established, he had ore pressg estions to ask
  ”sir, i saw the daily prophet that fud has been sacked  ”
  ”rrect,” said dubledore, now turng up a steep side street ”he has been repced, as i a sure you al saw, by ruf scriour, who ed to be head of the auror office”
  ”is he do you thk he39s good?” asked harry
  ”an terestg estion,” said dubledore ”he is able, certaly a ore decisive and forceful pernality than rneli”
  ”yes, but i ant —”
  ”i know what you ant ruf is a an of action and, havg fought dark wizards for ost of his workg life, does not under-estiate lord voldeort”
  harry waited, but dubledore did not say anythg about the disagreent with scriour that the daily prophet had reported, and he did not have the nerve to pursue the subject, he chand ii ”and sir i saw about ada bones”
  ”yes,” said dubledore ietly ”a terrible loss she was a great witch jt up here, i thk — ouch”
  he had poted with his jured hand
  ”profesr, what happened to your — ?”
  ”i have no ti to exp now,” said dubledore ”it is a thrillg tale, i wish to do it jtice”
  he siled at harry, who understood that he was not beg snubbed, and that he had perission to keep askg estions
  ”sir — i got a istry of agic leaflet by owl, about security asures we should all take agast the death eaters  ”
  ”yes, i received one yself,” said dubledore, still silg ”did you fd it eful?”
  ”not really”
  ”no, i thought not you have not asked , for stance, what is y favorite fvor of ja, to check that i a deed profesr dubledore and not an ipostor”
  ”i didn39t ” harry began, not entirely sure whether he was beg reprianded or not
  ”for future reference, harry, it is raspberry  although of urse, if i were a death eater, i would have been sure to research y own ja preferences before ipernatg yself”
  ”er  right,” said harry ”well, on that leaflet, it said thg about feri what exactly are they? the leaflet wasn39t very clear”
  ”they are rpses,” said dubledore cally ”dead bodies that have been bewitched to do a dark wizard39s biddg feri have not been seen for a long ti, however, not sce voldeort was st powerful  he killed enough people to ake an ary of the, of urse this is the pce, harry, jt here  ”
  they were nearg a sall, neat stone hoe set its own garden harry was too by distg the horrible idea of feri to have uch attention left for anythg else, but as they reached the front gate, dubledore sped dead and harry walked to hi
  ”oh dear oh dear, dear, dear”
  harry followed his gaze up the carefully tended front path and felt his heart sk the front door was hangg off its hs
  dubledore gnced up and down the street it seed ite deserted
  ”wand out and follow , harry,” he said ietly
  he opened the gate and walked swiftly and silently up the garden path, harry at his heels, then phed the front door very slowly, his wand raised and at the ready
  ”os”
  dubledore39s wand tip ignited, castg its light up a narrow hallway to the left, another door stood open holdg his ilated wand aloft, dubledore walked to the sittg roo with harry right behd hi
  a scene of total devastation t their eyes a grandfather clock y spltered at their feet, its face cracked, its pendu lyg a little farther away like a dropped sword a piano was on its side, its keys strewn across the floor the wrecka of a fallen chandelier flittered nearby chions y defted, feathers oozg fro sshes their sides fragnts of gss and cha y like powder over everythg dubledore raised his wand even higher, that its light was thrown upon the walls, where thg darkly red and gto was spattered over the wallpaper harry39s sall take of
  eath ade dubledore look around
  ”not pretty, is it?” he said heavily ”yes, thg horrible has happen