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”hello, profesr,” she said ” wotcher, harry”
”hi, tonks”
harry thought she looked drawn, even ill, and there was thg forced her sile certaly her appearance was less lorful than ual without her ctoary shade of bubble-gu-pk hair
”i39d better be off,” she said ickly, standg up and pullg her cloak around her shoulders ”thanks for the tea and sypathy, olly”
”please don39t leave on y aount,” said dubledore urteoly, ”i cannot stay, i have urnt atters to discs with ruf scriour”
”no, no, i need to t gog,” said tonks, not etg dubledore39s eyes ” 39night ?“
”dear, why not e to dner at the weekend, re and ad-eye are g ??”
”no, really, olly thanks anyway good night, every-one
tonks hurried past dubledore and harry to the yard a few paces beyond the doorstep, she turned on the spot and vanished to th air harry noticed that rs weasley looked troubled
”well, i shall see you at hogwarts, harry,” said dubledore ”take care of yourself olly, your servant”
he ade rs weasley a bow and followed tonks, vanishg at precisely the sa spot rs weasley closed the door on the epty yard and then steered harry by the shoulders to the full glow of -=-i ntern on the table to exae his appearance
”you39re like ron,” she sighed, lookg hi up and down ”both of you look as though you39ve had stretchg jxes put on you -=-i nwcar ron39s grown four ches sce i st bought hi school robes are you hungry, harry?”
”yeah, i a,” said harry, suddenly realizg jt how hungry he was,
”sit down, dear, i39ll knock thg up”
as harry sat down, a furry gr cat with a sashed face ped onto his knees and settled there, purrg
” herione39s here?” he asked happily as he tickled crookshanks behd the ears
”oh yes, she arrived the day before yesterday,” said rs weasley, rappg a r iron pot with her wand it bounced onto the -=-itovc with a loud cng and began to bubble at once ”everyone39s bed, of urse, we didn39t expect you for hours here you are ?“
she tapped the pot aga it rose to the air, flew toward harry, and tipped over rs weasley slid a bowl nearly beneath it jt li to catch the strea of thick, steag onion up
”
ead, dear?”
”thanks, rs weasley”
she waved her wand over her shoulder a loaf of
ead and a knife ared gracefully onto the table as the loaf sliced itself and -=-llie up pot dropped back onto the stove, rs weasley sat down opposite hi
” you persuaded horace sghorn to take the job?”
harry nodded, his outh full of hot up that he uld not speak
”he taught arthur and ,” said rs weasley ”he was at hog-warts for as, started around the sa ti as dubledore, i thk did you like hi?”
his outh now full of
ead, harry ed and gave a nonittal jerk of the head
”i know what you an,” said rs weasley, noddg wisely ”of urse he can be charg when he wants to be, but arthur39s never liked hi uch the istry39s littered with sghorn39s old favorites, he was always good at givg leg ups, but he never had uch ti for arthur ?didn39t see to thk he was enough of a highflier well, that jt shows you, even sghorn akes istakes i don39t know whether ron39s told you any of his letters ?it39s only jt happened ?but arthur39s been prooted!”
it uld not have been clearer that rs weasley had been burstg to say this
harry swallowed a r aount of very hot up and thought he uld feel his throat blisterg ”that39s great!” he gasped
”you are sweet,” bead rs weasley, possibly takg his waterg eyes for eotion at the news ”yes, ruf scriour has set up several new offices response to the present situation, and arthur39s headg the office for the detection and nfiscation of unterfeit defensive spells and protective objects it39s a big job, he39s got ten people reportg to hi now!”
”what exactly ??”
”well, you see, all the panic about you-know-who, odd thgs have been croppg up for sale everywhere, thgs that are supposed to guard agast you-know-who and the death eaters you can iage the kd of thg ?-called protective potions that are really gravy with a bit of bubotuber p added, or structions for defensive jxes that actually ake your ears fall off well, the a the perpetrators are jt people