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alfoy was hurryg up the street alone as he passed weasleys39 wizard wheezes, he gnced over his shoulder sends ter, he oved beyond the spe of the dow and they lost sight of hi
”wonder where his uy is?” said harry, frowng
”given her the slip by the looks of it,” said ron
”why, though?” said herione
harry said nothg he was thkg too hard narcissa alfoy would not have let her precio n out of her sight willgly alfoy t have ade a real effort to free hiself fro her ctches
harry, knog and loathg alfoy, was sure the rean uld not be nocent
he gnced around rs weasley and gny were bendg over the pygy puffs r weasley was delightedly exag a pack of le arked pyg cards fred and e were both helpg ctors on the other side of the gss, hagrid was standg with his back to the, lookg up and down the street
”t under here, ick,” said harry, pullg his visibility cloak out of his bag
”oh — i don39t know, harry,” said herione, lookg uncertaly toward rs weasley
”e on\” said ron
she hesitated for a send lonr, then ducked under the cloak with harry and ron nobody noticed the vanish they were all too terested fred and e39s products harry, ron, and herione seezed their way out of the door as ickly as they uld, but by the ti they gaed the street, alfoy had disappeared jt as essfully as they had
”he was gog that direction,” urured harry as ietly as possible, that the hug hagrid would not hear the “on”
they scurried along, peerg left and right, through shop dows and doors, until herione poted ahead
”that39s hi, isn39t it?” she whispered ”turng left?”
”big surprise,” whispered ron
for alfoy had gnced around, then slid to knockturn alley and out of sight
”ick, or we39ll lose hi,” said harry, speedg up
”our feet39il be seen!” said herionc anxioly, as the cloak fpped a little around their ankles it was uch ore difficult hidg all three of the under the cloak nowadays
”it doesn39t atter,” said harry ipatiently ”jt hurry!”
but knockturn alley, the side street devoted to the dark arts, looked pletely deserted they peered to dows as they passed, but none of the shops seed to have any ctors at all harry supposed it was a bit of a giveaway these danro and spicio tis to buy dark artifacts — or at least, to be seen buyg the
herione gave his ar a hard pch
”ouch!”
”shh! look! he39s there!” she
eathed harry39s ear
they had drawn level with the only shop knockturn alley that harry had ever visited, b and burkes, which ld a wide variety of sister objects there the idst of the cases full of skulls and old bottles stood dra alfoy with his back to the, jt visible beyond the very sa r bck cabet which harry had once hidden to avoid alfoy and his father judgg by the ovents of alfoy39s hands, he was talkg aniatedly the proprietor of the shop, r b, an oily-haired, stoopg an, stood facg alfoy he was wearg a curio expression of gled resentnt and fear
”if only we uld hear what they39re sayg!” said herione
”we can!” said ron excitedly ”hang on — dan —”
he dropped a uple ore of the boxes he was still ctchg as he fubled with the rst
”extendable ears, look!”
”fantastic!” said herione, as ron unraveled the long, flesh-
lored strgs and began to feed the toward the botto of the door ”oh, i hope the door isn39t iperturbable —”
”no!” said ron gleefully ”listen!”
they put their heads tother and listened tently to the ends of the strgs, through which alfoy39s voice uld be heard loud and clear, as though a radio had been turned on
” you know how to fix it?”
”possibly,” said b, a tone that ested he was unwillg to it hiself ”i39ll need to see it, though why don39t you
g it to the shop?”
”i can39t,” said alfoy ”it39s got to stay put i jt need you to tell how to do it”