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  harry had a sudden and vivid ntal ia of a great swollen spider, spng a web around it, itchg a thread here and there to
  g its r and juicy flies a little closer
  ”i tell you all this,” dubledore ntued, ”not to turn you agast horace — or, as we t now call hi, profesr sghorn — but to put you on your guard he will undoubtedly try to llect you, harry you would be the jewel of his llection 39the boy who lived39 or, as they call you these days, 39the chosen one39”
  at these words, a chill that had nothg to do with the surroundg ist stole over harry he was reded of words he had heard a few weeks ago, words that had a horrible and particur ang to hi: neither can live while the other survives
  dubledore had sped walkg, level with the church they had passed earlier
  ”this will do, harry if you will grasp y ar”
  aced this ti, harry was ready for the apparition, but still found it unpleasant when the pressure disappeared and he found hiself able to
  eathe aga, he was standg a untry ne beside dubledore and lookg ahead to the crooked silhouette of his send favorite buildg the world: the burrow spite of the feelg of dread that had jt swept through hi, his spirits uld not help but lift at the sight of it ron was there  and was rs weasley, who uld ok better than anyone he knew
  ”if you don39t d, harry,” said dubledore, as they passed through the gate, ”i39d like a few words with you before we part private perhaps here?”
  dubledore poted toward a run-down stone outhoe where the weasleys kept their
  oosticks a little puzzled, harry followed dubledore through the creakg door to a space a little saller than the avera cupboard dubledore ilated the tip of his wand, that it glowed like a torch, and siled down at harry
  ”i hope you will five for ntiong it, harry, but i a pleased and a little proud at how well you see to be pg after everythg that happened at the istry perit to say that i thk siri would have been proud of you”
  harry swallowed his voice seed to have deserted hi he did not thk he uld stand to discs siri it had been paful enough to hear uncle vernon say ”his godfather39s dead?” and even worse to hear siri’s na thrown out casually by sghorn
  ”it was cruel,” said dubledore ftly, ”that you and siri had such a short ti tother a
  utal endg to what should have been a long and happy retionship”
  harry nodded, his eyes fixed retely on the spider now clibg dubledore39s hat he uld tell that dubledore understood, that he ight even spect that until his letter arrived, harry had spent nearly all his ti at the dursleys39 lyg on his bed, refg als, and starg at the isted dow, full of the chill eptess i hat he had e to asciate with dentors
  ”it39s jt hard,” harry said fally, a low voice, ”to realize he won39t write to aga”
  his eyes burned suddenly and he blked he felt stupid for adittg it, but the fact that he had had one outside hogwarts who cared what happened to hi, alost like a parent, had been one of the best thgs about disverg his godfather  and now the post owls would never
  g hi that fort aga
  ”siri represented uch to you that you had never known before,” said dubledore ntly ”naturally, the loss is devastatg
  ”but while i was at the dursleys39 ” terrupted harry, his voice grog stronr, ”i realized i can’t shut yself away or — or crack up siri wouldn39t have wanted that, would he? and anyway, life39s too short  look at ada bones, look at ele vance it uld be next, uldn39t it? but if it is,” he said fiercely, now lookg straight to dubledore39s be eyes gleag the wandlight, ”i39ll ake sure i take as any death eaters with as i can, and voldeort too if i can ana it”
  ”spoken both like your other and father39s n and siri39s true godn!” said dubledore, with an approvg pat on harry39s back ”i take y hat off to you — or i would, if i were not afraid of showerg you spiders
  ”and now, harry, on a closely reted subject i gather that you have been takg the daily prophet over the st o weeks?”
  ”yes,” said harry, and his heart beat a little faster
  ”then you will have seen that there have been not uch leaks as floods ncerng your adventure the hall of prophecy?”
  ”yes,” said harry aga ”and now everyone knows