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has
oken wizardg w,” said ogden sternly
”39orf has
oken wizardg w39” gaunt iitated ogdens voice, akg it popo and sgng orf cackled aga ”he taught a filthy le a lesn, that39s illegal now, is it?”
”yes,” said ogden ”i39 afraid it is”
he pulled fro an side pocket a sall scroll of parchnt and unrolled it
”what39s that, then, his sentence?” said gaunt, his voice risg angrily
”it is a suons to the istry for a hearg —”
”suons! suons? who do you thk you are, suong y n anywhere?”
”i39 head of the agical w enforcent sad,” said ogden
”and you thk we39re scu, do you?” scread gaunt, advanc-g on ogden now, with a dirty yellow-nailed fr potg at his chest ”scu who39ll e runng when the istry tells 39e to? do you know who you39re talkg to, you filthy little udblood, do you?”
”i was under the ipression that i was speakg to r gaunt,” said ogden, lookg wary, but standg his ground
”that39s right!” roared gaunt for a ont, harry thought gaunt was akg an obscene hand sture, but then realized that he was shog ogden the ugly, bck-stoned rg he was wearg on his iddle fr, wavg it before ogden39s eyes ”see this? see this? know what it is? know where it ca fro? centuries it39s been our faily, that39s how far back we go, and pure-blood all the way! know how uch i39ve been offered for this, with the peverell at of ars engraved on the stone?”
”i39ve really no idea,” said ogden, blkg as the rg sailed with an ch of his nose, ”and it39s ite beside the pot, r gaunt your n has itted —”
with a howl of ra, gaunt ran toward his daughter for a split send, harry thought he was gog to throttle her as his hand flew to her throat next ont, he was g her toward ogden by a gold cha around her neck
”see this?” he bellowed at ogden, shakg a heavy gold locket at hi, while rope spttered and gasped for
eath
”i see it, i see it!” said ogden hastily
”slythers!” yelled gaunt ”sazar slyther39s! we39re his st liv-g descendants, what do you say to that, eh?”
”r gaunt, your daughter!” said ogden ar, but gaunt had already released rope she ered away fro hi, back to her rner, assagg her neck and gulpg for air
”!” said gaunt triuphantly, as though he had jt proved a plicated pot beyond all possible dispute ”don39t you go talk-g to as if we39re dirt on your shoes! nerations of purebloods, wizards all — ore than you can say, i don39t doubt!”
and he spat on the floor at ogdens feet orf cackled aga rope, huddled beside the dow, her head bowed and her face hidden by her nk hair, said nothg
”r gaunt,” said ogden edly, ”i a afraid that neither your ancestors nor e have anythg to do with the atter hand i a here becae of orf, orf and the le he ac-sted te st night our ration” — he gnced down at his scroll of parchnt — ”is that orf perford a jx or hex on the said le, cag hi to erupt highly paful hives”
orf led
”be iet, boy,” snarled gaunt parseltongue, and orf fell silent aga
”and what if he did, then?” gaunt said defiantly to ogden, ”i expect you39ve wiped the le39s filthy face clean for hi, and his ory to boot —”
”that39s hardly the pot, is it, r gaunt?” said ogden ”this was an unprovoked attack on a defenseless —”
”ar, i had you arked out as a le-lover the ont i saw you,” sneered gaunt, and he spat on the floor aga
”this discsion is ttg nowhere,” said ogden firly ”it is clear fro your n39s attitude that he feels no reorse for his ac-tions” he gnced down at his scroll of parchnt aga ”orf will attend a hearg on the fourteenth of septeber to answer the chars of g agic front of a le and cag har and distress to that sa —”
ogden
oke off the jglg, cloppg unds of horses and loud, ughg voices were driftg through the open dow apparently the dg ne to the vil passed very close to the pse where the hoe stood gaunt froze, listeng, his eyes wide orf hissed and turned his face toward the unds, his expression hungry rope raised her head her face, harry saw, was starkly white
”y god, what an