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  ave loved to have been her pce the nterns sgg fro the carria ceilg cast a
  ight light over the scene: harry uld read every word of crabbe39s ic directly
  below hi
  ”, zabi,” said alfoy, ”what did sghorn want?”
  ”jt tryg to ake up to well-nnected people,” said zabi,
  who was still glowerg at goyle ”not that he anad to fd
  any”
  this ration did not see to please alfoy ”who else had he vited?” he deanded
  ”en fro gryffdor,” said zabi
  ”oh yeah, his uncle39s big the istry,” said alfoy
  ”?one else called belby, fro ravencw ?“
  ”not hi, he39s a prat!” said pansy
  ”?and longbotto, potter, and that weasley girl,” fished zabi
  alfoy sat up very suddenly, knockg pansy39s hand aside
  ”he vited longbotto?”
  ”well, i assu , as longbotto was there,” said zabi differently
  ”what39s longbotto got to terest sghorn?”
  zabi ed
  ”potter, precio potter, obvioly he wanted a look at 39the chosen one,39” sneered alfoy, ”but that weasley girl! what39s special about her??p
  ”a lot of boys like her,” said pansy, watchg alfoy out of the rner of her eyes for his reaction ”even you thk she39s good-lookg, don39t you, bise, and we all know how hard you are to please!
  ”i wouldn39t touch a filthy little blood traitor like her whatever she looked like,” said zabi ldly, and pansy looked pleased alfoy sank back across her p and allowed her to resu the strokg of his hair
  ”well, i pity sghorn39s taste aybe he39s gog a bit senile sha, y father always said he was a good wizard his day y father ed to be a bit of a favorite of his sghorn probably hasn39t heard i39 on the tra, or ?“
  ”i wouldn39t bank on an vitation,” said zabi ”he asked about notts father when i first arrived they ed to be old
  friends, apparently, but when he heard he39d been caught at the istry he didn39t look happy, and nott didn39t t an vitation, did he? 1 don39t thk sghorn39s terested dearh eaters”
  alfoy looked angry, but forced out a sgurly huorless ugh
  ”well, who cares what he39s terested ? what is he, when you e down to it? jt stupid teacher” alfoy yawned ostentatioly ”i an, i ight not even be at hogwarts next year, what39s it atter to if fat old has-been likes or not?”
  ”what do you an, you ight not be at hogwarts next year?” said pansy dignantly, ceasg groog alfoy at once
  ”well, you never know,” said alfoy with the ghost of a sirk ”i ight have ?er ?oved on to er and better thgs”
  crouched the a rack under his cloak, harry39s heart began to race what would ron and herione say about this? crabbe and goyle were gawpg at alfoy apparently they had had no klg of any pns to ove on to er and better thgs even zabi had allowed a look of curiosity to ar his haughty features pansy resud the slow strokg of alfoy s hair, lookg dubfounded
  ”do you an —“
  alfoy ed
  ”other wants to plete y education, but pernally, i don39t see it as that iportant these days i an, thk about it when the dark lord takes over, is he gog to care how any owls or newts anyone39s got? of urse he isn39t?it39ll be all about the kd of service he received, the level of devotion he was shown”
  ”and you thk you39ll be able to do thg for hi?” asked
  zabi scathgly ”sixteen years old and noi even fully alified yet?”
  ”i39ve jt said, haven39t i? aybe he doesn39t care if i39 alified aybe the job he wants to do isn39t thg that you need to be alified for,” said alfoy ietly
  crabbe and goyle were both sittg with their ouths open like gargoyles pansy was gazg down at alfoy as though she had never seen anythg awe-spirg
  ”i can see hogwarts,” said alfoy, clearly relishg the effect he had created as he poted out of the bckened dow ”we39d better t our robes on”
  harry was by starg at alfoy, he did not notice goyle reachg up for his trunk as he swung it down, it hit harry hard on the side of the head he let out an vontary gasp of pa, and alfoy looked up at the a rack, frowng
  harry was not afraid of alfoy, but he still did not uch like the idea of beg disvered hidg un