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  otdon39t touch it!”
  he crouched down an ornate opal neckce was visible, pokg out of the paper
  ”i39ve seen that before,” said harry, starg at the thg ”it was on dispy b and burkes as ago the bel said it was cursed katie t have touched it” he looked up at leanne, who had started to shake unntrolbly ”how did katie t hold of this?”
  ”well, that39s why we were argug she ca back fro the bathroo the three
  oosticks holdg it, said it was a sur-prise for body at hogwarts and she had to deliver it she looked all funny when she said it oh no, oh no, i bet she39d been iperied and i didn39t realize!”
  leanne shook with renewed bs herione patted her shoulder ntly
  ”she didn39t say who39d given it to her, leanne?”
  ”no  she wouldn39t tell   and i said she was beg stupid and not to take it up to school, but she jt wouldn39t listen and  and then i tried to grab it fro her  and — and —”
  leanne let out a wail of despair
  ”we39d better t up to school,” said herione, her ar still around leanne ”we39ll be able to fd out how she is e on  ”
  harry hesitated for a ont, then pulled his scarf fro around his face and, ignorg ron39s gasp, carefully vered the neckce it and picked it up
  ”we39ll need to show this to ada pofrey,” he said
  as they followed herione and leanne up the road, harry was thkg furioly they had jt entered the grounds when he spoke, unable to keep his thoughts to hiself any lonr
  ”alfoy knows about this neckce it was a case at b and burkes four years ago, i saw hi havg a good look at it while i was hidg fro hi and his dad this is what he was buyg that day when we followed hi! he rebered it and he went back for it!” ,
  ”i — i dunno, harry,” said ron hesitantly ”loads of people go
  to b and burkes  and didn39t that girl say katie got it the girls39 bathroo?”
  ”she said she ca back fro the bathroo with it, she didn39t necessarily t it the bathroo itself—”
  ”cgonagall!” said ron warngly
  harry looked up sure enough, profesr cgonagall was hur-ryg down the stone steps through swirlg sleet to et the
  ”hagrid says you four saw what happened to katie bell — upstairs to y office at once, please! what39s that you39re holdg, potter?”
  ”it39s the thg she touched,” said harry
  ”good lord,” said profesr cgonagall, lookg ard as she took the neckce fro harry ”no, no, filch, they39re with !” she added hastily, as filch ca shufflg early across the entrance hall holdg his secrecy senr aloft ”take this neckce to profes-r snape at once, but be sure not to touch it, keep it wrapped the scarf!”
  harry and the others followed profesr cgonagall upstairs and to her office the sleet-spattered dows were rattlg their fras, and the roo was chilly despite the fire cracklg the grate profesr cgonagall closed the door and swept around her desk to face harry, ron, herione, and the still bbg leanne
  ”well?” she said sharply ”what happened?”
  haltgly, and with any paes while she attepted to ntrol her cryg, leanne told profesr cgonagall how katie had gone to the bathroo the three
  oosticks and returned holdg the unarked packa, how katie had seed a little odd, and
  how they had argued about the advisability of agreeg to deliver unknown objects, the argunt culatg the tsle over the parcel, which tore open at this pot, leanne was overe, there was no ttg another word out of her
  ”all right,” said profesr cgonagall, not unkdly, ”go up to the hospital g, please, leanne, and t ada pofrey to give you thg for shock”
  when she had left the roo, profesr cgonagall turned back to harry, ron, and herione
  ”what happened when katie touched the neckce?”
  ”she rose up the air,” said harry, before either ron or heri-one uld speak, ”and then began to screa, and lpsed profes-r, can i see profesr dubledore, please?”
  ”the headaster is away until onday, potter,” said profesr cgonagall, lookg surprised
  ”away?” harry repeated angrily
  ”yes, potter, away!” said profesr cgonagall tartly ”but any-thg you have to say about this horrible bess can be said to , i39 sure!”
  for a split send, harry hesitated profesr cgonagall d