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de it through, cdg alfoy four ravencws were there, and one hufflepuff, ernie ailn, who harry liked despite his rather popo anner
”harry,” ernie said portentoly, holdg out his hand as harry approached, ”didn39t t a chance to speak defense agast the dark arts this orng good lesn, i thought, but shield chars are old hat, of urse, for old da gs and how are you, ron -- herione?”
before they uld say ore than ”fe,” the dunon door opened and sghorn39s belly preceded hi out of the door as they filed to the roo, his great walr tache curved above his beag outh, and he greeted harry and zabi with particur enthias
the dunon was, ost unually, already full of vapors and odd slls harry, ron, and herione sniffed terestedly as they passed r, bubblg cauldrons the four slythers took a table tother, as did the four ravencws this left harry, ron, and herione to share a table with ernie they chose the one nearest a gold-lored cauldron that was eittg one of the ost seductive scents harry had ever haled: how it reded hi siultaneoly of treacle tart, the woody sll of a
oostick handle, and thg flowery he thought he ight have slled at the burrow he found that he was
eathg very slowly and deeply and that the potion39s fus seed to be fillg hi up like drk a great ntentnt stole over hi he grned across at ron, who grned back zily
”now then, now then, now then,” said sghorn, whose assive outle was iverg through the any shirg vapors ”scales out, everyone, and potion kits, and don39t fet your pies
of advanced potion-akg ”
”sir?” said harry, raisg his hand
”harry, 39boy?”
”i haven39t got a book or scales or anythg - nor39s ron - we didn39t realize we39d be able to do the newt, you see -”
”ah, yes, profesr cgonagall did ntion not to worry, y dear boy, not to worry at all you can e gredients fro the store cupboard today, and i39 sure we can lend you scales, and we39ve got a sall stock of old books here, they39ll do until you can write to flourish and blotts ”
sghorn strode over to a rner cupboard and, after a ont39s foragg, erd with o very battered-lookg pies of advanced potion-akg by libati bora, which he gave to harry and ron along with o sets of tarnished scales
”now then,” said sghorn, returng to the front of the css and ftg his already bulgg chest that the buttons on his waistat threatened to burst off, ”i39ve prepared a few potions for you to have a look at, jt out of terest, you know these are the kd of thg you ought to be able to ake after pletg your newts you ought to have heard of 39e, even if you haven39t ade 39e yet anyone tell what this one is?”
he dicated the cauldron nearest the slyther table harry raised hiself slighty his seat and saw what looked like p water boilg away side it
herione39s well-practiced hand hit the air before anybody else39s sghorn poted at her
”it39s veritaseru, a lorless, odorless potion thar forces the, drker to tell the truth,” said herione
”very good, very good!” said sghorn happily ”now,” he ntued, potg at the cauldron nearest the ravencw table, ”this one here is pretty well known featured a few istry leaflets tely too who can - ?”
herione39s hand was fastest once ore
”lt39s polyjuice potion, sir,” she said
harry too had regnized the slow-bubblg, udlike substance the send cauldron, but did not resent herione ttg the credit for answerg the estion she, after all, was the one who had eeded akg it, back their send year ”excellent, excellent! now, this one here yes, y dear?” said sghorn, now lookg slightly beed, as herione39s hand punched the air aga
”it39s aortentia!”
”it is deed ir sees alost foolish to ask,” said sghorn, who was lookg ightily ipressed, ”but i assu you know what it does?”
it39s the ost powerful love porion the world!” said herione
39ire right! you regnized it, i suppose, by its distctive other-of-pearl sheen?”
”and the stea risg characteristic spirals,” said herione enthiastically, ”and it39s supposed to sll differently to each of aordg to what attracts , and i can sll freshly own grass and new parchnt and -”
but she turned slightly pk and did not plete t