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  at, jt hurryg toward their destations the exceptions were o n a little ahead of the, standg jt outside the three
  oosticks one was very tall and th stg through his ra-washed gsses harry regnized the baran who worked the other hogsade pub, the hog39s head as harry, ron, and herione drew closer, the baran drew his cloak ore tightly around his neck and walked away, leavg the shorter an to fuble with thg his ars they were barely feet fro hi when harry realized who the an was
  ”undung!”
  the sat, bandy-ed an with long, ly, gr hair juped and dropped an ancient suitcase, which burst open, releas-g what looked like the entire ntents of a junk shop dow
  ”oh, 39ello, 39arry,” said undung fletcher, with a ost un-nvcg stab at airess ”well, don39t let keep ya”
  and he began scrabblg on the ground to retrieve the ntents of his suitcase with every appearance of a an ear to be gone
  ”are you sellg this stuff?” asked harry, watchg undung grab an asrtnt of grubby-lookg objects fro the ground
  ”oh, well, gotta scrape a livg,” said undung ”gi that!”
  ron had stooped down and picked up thg silver
  ”hang on,” ron said slowly ”this looks failiar —”
  ”thank you!” said undung, snatchg the goblet out of ron39s hand and stuffg it back to the case ”well, i39ll see you all _ ouch!”
  harry had pned undung agast the wall of the pub by the throat holdg hi fast with one hand, he pulled out his wand
  ”harry!” sealed herione
  ”you rook that fro s39s hoe,” said harry, who was alost nose to nose with undung and was
  eathg an unpleasant sll of old o and spirits ”that had the bck faily crest on it”
  ”i — no — what — ?” spttered undung, who was slowly turng purple
  ”what did you do, go back the night he died and strip the pce?” snarled harry
  ”i — no — ”
  ”give it to !”
  ”harry, you tn39t!” shrieked herione, as undung started to turn be
  there was a bang, and harry felt his hands fly off undung39s throat gaspg and sptterg, undung seized his fallen case, then — crack— he disapparated
  harry swore at the of his voice, spng on the spot to see where undung had gone
  ”e back, you thievg — !”
  ”there39s no pot, harry” tonks had appeared out of nowhere, her oy hair wet with sleet
  ”undung will probably be london by now there39s no pot yellg”
  ”he39s nicked siri39s stuff! nicked it!”
  ”yes, but still,” said tonks, who seed perfectly untroubled by this piece of ration ”you should t out of the ld”
  she watched the go through the door of the three
  oo-sticks the ont he was side, harry burst out, ”he was nickg siri39s stuff!”
  ”i know, harry, but please don39t shout, people are starg,” whis-pered herione ”go and sit down, i39ll t you a drk”
  harry was still fug when herione returned to their table a few utes ter holdg three bottles of butterbeer
  ”can39t the order ntrol undung?” harry deanded of the other o a furio whisper ”can39t they at least s hi steal-g everythg that39s not fixed down when he39s at headarters?”
  ”shh!” said herione desperately, lookg around to ake sure nobody was listeng there were a uple of warlocks sittg close by who were starg at harry with great terest, and zabi was lollg agast a pilr not far away ”harry, i39d be annoyed too, i know it39s your thgs he39s stealg —”
  harry ed on his butterbeer he had ontarily fotten that he owned nuber elve, griauld pce
  ”yeah, it39s y stuff!” he said ”no wonder he wasn39t pleased to see ! well, i39 gog to tell dubledore what39s gog on, he39s the only one who scares undung”
  ”good idea,” whispered herione, clearly pleased that harry was calg down ”ron, what are you starg at?”
  ”nothg,” said ron, hastily lookg away fro the bar, but harry knew he was tryg to catch the eye of the curvy and attractive bar-aid, ada rosrta, for who he had long nursed a ft spot
  ”i expect 39nothg39s39 the back ttg ore firewhisky,” said herione waspishly
  ron ignored this jibe, sippg his drk what he evidently nsidered