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dubledore strode fro the roo once the door had closed behd hi, there was silence after a few onts, sghorn got to his feet but seed uncerta what to do with hiself he shot a furtive look at harry, then crossed to the fire and turned his back on it, warg his wide behd
”don39t thk i don39t know why he39s
ought you,” he said a
uptly
harry rely looked at sghorn sghorn39s watery eyes slid over harry39s scar, this ti takg the rest of his face
”you look very like your father”
”yeah, i39ve been told,” said harry
”except for your eyes you39ve got —-”
”y other39s eyes, yeah” harry had heard it often he found it a bit wearg
”hpf yes, well you shouldn39t have favorites as a teacher, of urse, but she was one of e your other,” sghorn added, answer to harry’s estiong look ”lily evans one of the
ightest i ever taught vivacio, you know charg girl i ed to tell her she ought to have been y hoe very cheeky answers i ed to t back too”
”which was your hoe?”
”i was head of slyther,” said sghorn ”oh, now,” he went on ickly, seeg the expression on harry39s face and g a stubby rr at hi, ”don39t go holdg that agast ! you39ll be gryffdor like her, i suppose? yes, it ually goes failies not always, though ever heard of siri bck? you t have done — been the papers for the st uple of years — died a few weeks ago —”
it was as though an visible hand had isted harry39s testes and held the tight
”well, anyway, he was a big pal of your father39s at school the whole bck faily had been y hoe, but siri ended up gryffdor! sha — he was a talented boy i got his
other, regus, when he ca along, but i39d have liked the set”
he unded like an enthiastic llector who had been outbid at auction apparently lost ories, he gazed at the opposite wall, turng idly on the spot to ensure an even heat on his backside
”your other was le-born, of urse uldn39t believe it when i found out thought she t have been pure-blood, she was good”
”one of y best friends is le-born,” said harry, ”and she39s the best our year”
”funny how that tis happens, isn39t it?” said sghorn
”not really,” said harry ldly
sghorn looked down at hi surprise ”you tn39t thk i39 prejudiced!” he said ”no, no, no! haven39t i jt said your other was one of y all-ti favorite students? and there was dirk cresswell the year after her too — now head of the gobl liain office, of urse — another le-born, a very gifted student, and still gives excellent side ration on the gogs-on at grgotts!”
he bounced up and down a little, silg a self-satisfied way, and poted at the any glitterg photograph fras on the dresser, each peopled with ty ovg oupants
”all ex-students, all signed you39ll notice barnabas cuffe, editor of the daily prophet, he39s always terested to hear y take on the day39s news and a
osi f, of honeydukes — a haper every birthday, and all becae i was able to give hi an troduction to ciceron harkisss who gave hi his first job! and at the back — you39ll see her if you jt crane your neck — that39s gwenog jones, who of urse captas the holyhead harpies people are always astonished to hear i39 on first-na ters with the harpies, and free tickets whenever i want the!”
this thought seed to cheer hi up enoroly
”and all these people know where to fd you, to send you stuff?” asked harry, who uld not help wonderg why the death eaters had not yet tracked down sghorn if hapers of sweets, idditch tickets, and visitors cravg his advice and opions uld fd hi
the sile slid fro sghorn39s face as ickly as the blood fro his walls
”of urse not,” he said, lookg down at harry ”i have been out of touch with everybody for a year”
harry had the ipression that the words shocked sghorn hiself he looked ite unsettled for a ont then he ed
”still the prudent wizard keeps his head down such tis all very well for dubledore to talk, but takg up a post at hog-warts jt now would be tantaount to decrg y public allegiance to the order of the phoenix! and while i39 sure they39re very adirable and
ave and all the rest of it, i don39t pernally fancy the ortality rate —-”
”you don39t have to jo the order to