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uldn39t she? i was behd her all the way out of the three
oosticks it would have ade uch ore sense to deliver the parcel outside hogwarts, what with filch searchg everyone who goes and out i wonder why alfoy told her to take it to the castle?”
”harry, alfoy wasn39t hogsade!” said herione, actually stapg her foot frtration
”he t have ed an aoplice, then,” said harry ”crabbe or goyle — or, e to thk of it, another death eater, he39ll have loads better cronies than crabbe and goyle now he39s joed up —”
ron and herione exchand looks that ply said there39s no pot argug with hi
”dilligrout,” said herione firly as they reached the fat dy
the portrait swung open to adit the to the on roo it was ite full and slled of dap clothg any people seed to have returned fro hogsade early becae of the bad weather there was no buzz of fear or specution, however: clearly, the news of katie39s fate had not yet spread
”it wasn39t a very slick attack, really, when you s and thk about it,” said ron, casually turfg a first year out of one of the good archairs by the fire that he uld sit down ”the curse didn39t even ake it to the castle not what you39d call foolproof”
”you39re right,” said herione, proddg ron out of the chair with her foot and offerg it to the first year aga ”it wasn39t very well thought-out at all”
”but sce when has alfoy been one of the world39s great thkers?” asked harry
neither ron nor herione answered hi
chapter 13: the secret riddle
katie was reoved to st ungo39s hospital for agical adies and juries the follog day, by which ti the news that she had been cursed had spread all over the school, though the details were nfed and nobody other than harry, ron, herione, and leanne seed to know that katie herself had not been the tended tart
”oh, and alfoy knows, of urse,” said harry to ron and herione, who ntued their new policy of feigng deafness whenever harry ntioned his alfoy-is-a-death-eater theory
harry had wondered whether dubledore would return fro wherever he had been ti for onday night39s lesn, but havg had no word to the ntrary, he presented hiself outside dubledore39s office at eight o39clock, knocked, and was told to enter there sat dubledore lookg unually tired his hand was as bck and burned as ever, but he siled when he stured to harry to sit down the pensieve was sittg on the desk aga, castg silvery specks of light over the ceilg
”you have had a by ti while i have been away,” dubledore said ”i believe you witnessed katie39s aident”
”yes, sir how is she?”
”still very unwell, although she was retively cky she appears to have
hed the neckce with the sallest possible aount of sk there was a ty hole her glove had she put it on, had she even held it her ungloved hand, she would have died, perhaps stantly ckily profesr snape was able to do enough to prevent a rapid spread of the curse ?“
”why hi?” asked harry ickly ”why not ada pofrey?”
”ipertent,” said a ft voice fro one of the portraits on the wall, and pheas nils bck, siri39s great-great-grandfather, raised his head fro his ars where he had appeared to be sleepg ”i would not have peritted a student to estion the way hogwarts operated y day”
”yes, thank you, pheas,” said dubledore ellgly ”profesr snape knows uch ore about the dark arts than ada pofrey, harry anyway, the st ungo39s staff are sendg hourly reports, and i a hopeful that katie will ake a full revery ti”
”where were you this weekend, sir?” harry asked, disregardg a strong feelg that he ight be phg his ck, a feelg apparently shared by pheas nils, who hissed ftly
”i would rather not say jt now,” said dubledore ”however, i shall tell you due urse”
”you will?” said harry, startled
”yes, i expect ,” said dubledore, withdrag a fresh bottle of silver ories fro side his robes and unrkg it with a prod of his wand
”sir,” said harry tentatively, ”i t undung hogsade”
”ah yes, i a already aware that undung has been treatg your heritance with light-fred ntept,” said dubledore, frowng a little ”he has gone to ground sce you aosted hi outside the three
oosticks i rather thk he dre