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id not vite nfidences dubledore, though any ways ore tiidatg, still seed less likely to srn a theory, however wild this was a life-and-death atter, though, and no ont to worry about beg ughed at
”i thk dra alfoy gave katie that neckce, profesr”
on one side of hi, ron rubbed his nose apparent ebar-rassnt on the other, herione shuffled her feet as though ite keen to put a bit of distance beeen herself and harry
”that is a very serio aation, potter,” said profesr cgonagall, after a shocked pae ”do you have any proof?”
”no,” said harry, ”but ” and he told her about follog alfoy to b and burkes and the nversation they had over-heard beeen hi and r b
when he had fished speakg, profesr cgonagall looked slightly nfed
”alfoy took thg to b and burkes for repair?”
”no, profesr, he jt wanted b to tell hi how to nd thg, he didn39t have it with hi but that39s not the pot, the thg is that he bought thg at the sa ti, and i thk it was that neckce —”
”you saw alfoy leavg the shop with a siir packa?”
”no, profesr, he told b to keep it the shop for hi —”
”but harry,” herione terrupted, ”b asked hi if he wanted to take it with hi, and alfoy said no —”
”becae he didn39t want to touch it, obvioly!” said harry angrily
”what he actually said was, 39how would i look carryg that down the street?39” said herione
”well, he would look a bit of a prat carryg a neckce,” ter-jected ron
”oh, ron,” said herione despairgly, ”it would be all wrapped up, he wouldn39t have to touch it, and ite easy to hide side a cloak, nobody would see it! i thk whatever he reserved at b and burkes was noisy or bulky, thg he knew would draw attention to hi if he carried it down the street — and any case,” she pressed on loudly, before harry uld terrupt, ”i asked b about the neckce, don39t you reber? when i went to try and fd out what alfoy had asked hi to keep, i saw it there and b jt told the price, he didn39t say it was already ld or anythg —”
”well, you were beg really obvio, he realized what you were up to with about five sends, of urse he wasn39t gog to tell you — anyway, alfoy uld39ve sent off for it sce —”
”that39s enough!” said profesr cgonagall, as herione opened her outh to retort, lookg furio ”potter, i appreciate you tellg this, but we cannot pot the fr of b at r alfoy purely becae he visited the shop where this neckce ight have been purchased the sa is probably true of hundreds of people —”
”— that39s what i said —” uttered ron
”— and any case, we have put strnt security asures pce this year i do not believe that neckce can possibly have en-tered this school without our knowled —”
”but —”
”— and what is ore,” said profesr cgonagall, with an air of awful fality, ”r alfoy was not hogsade today”
harry gaped at her, deftg
”how do you know, profesr?”
”becae he was dog detention with he has now failed to plete his transfiguration howork ice a row , thank you for tellg your spicions, potter,” she said as she arched past the, ”but i need to go up to the hospital g now to check on katie bell good day to you all”
she held open her office door they had no choice but to file past her without another word
harry was angry with the other o for sidg with cgonagall
nevertheless, he felt pelled to jo once they started dis-csg what had happened
” who do you reckon katie was supposed to give the neckce to?” asked ron, as they clibed the stairs to the on roo
”goodness only knows,” said herione ”but whoever it was has had a narrow escape no one uld have opened that packa without touchg the neckce”
”it uld39ve been ant for loads of people,” said harry ”dubledore — the death eaters would love to t rid of hi, he t be one of their tarts or sghorn — dubledore reckons voldeort really wanted hi and they can39t be pleased that he39s sided with dubledore or —”
”or you,” said herione, lookg troubled
”uldn39t have been,” said harry, ”or katie would39ve jt turned around the ne and given it to , wo