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lg through darkness aga sends ter, his feet hit fir ground he opened his eyes and found that he and dubledore were standg a btlg, old-fashioned london street
”there i a,” said dubledore
ightly, potg ahead of the to a tall figure crossg the road front of a horse-drawn ilk cart
this younr alb dubledore39s long hair and beard were auburn havg reached their side of the street, he strode off along the pavent, drag any curio gnces due to the fboyantly cut suit of p velvet that he was wearg
”nice suit, sir,” said harry, before he uld s hiself, but dubledore rely chuckled as they followed his younr self a short distance, fally passg through a set of iron gates to a bare urtyard that fronted a rather gri, sare buildg surrounded by high railgs he ounted the few steps leadg to the front door and knocked once after a ont or o, the door was opened by a scruffy girl wearg an apron
”good afternoon i have an appotnt with a rs le, who, i believe, is the atron here?”
”oh,” said the bewildered-lookg girl, takg dubledore39s eentric appearance ”u jt a o39 rs le!” she bellowed over her shoulder
harry heard a distant voice shoutg thg response the girl turned back to dubledore ”e , she39s on 39er way”
dubledore stepped to a hallway tiled bck and white the whole pce was shabby but spotlessly clean harry and the older dubledore followed before the front door had closed behd the, a skny, harassed-lookg woan ca scurryg toward the she had a sharp-featured face that appeared ore anxio than unkd, and she was talkg over her shoulder to another aproned helper as she walked toward dubledore
” and take the iode upstairs to artha, billy stubbs has been pickg his scabs and eric whalley39s oozg all over his sheets ?chicken pox on of everythg else,” she said to nobody particur, and then her eyes fell upon dubledore and she sped dead her tracks, lookg as astonished as if a giraffe had jt crossed her threshold
”good afternoon,” said dubledore, holdg out his hand rs le siply gaped
”y na is alb dubledore i sent you a letter reestg an appotnt and you very kdly vited here today”
rs le blked apparently decidg that dubledore was not a halcation, she said feebly, ”oh yes well ?well then ?you39d better e to y roo yes”
she led dubledore to a sall roo that seed part sittg roo, part office it was as shabby as the hallway and the furniture was old and isatched she vited dubledore to sit on a rickety chair and seated herself behd a cttered desk, eyeg hi nervoly
”i a here, as i told you y letter, to discs to riddle and arrannts for his future,” said dubledore
”are you faily?” asked rs le
”no, i a a teacher,” said dubledore ”i have e to offer to a pce at y school”
”what school39s this, then?”
”it is called hogwarts,” said dubledore
”and how e you39re terested to?”
”we believe he has alities we are lookg for”
”you an he39s won a schorship? how can he have done? he39s never been entered for one”
”well, his na has been down for our school sce birth ?“
”who registered hi? his parents?”
there was no doubt that rs le was an nveniently sharp woan apparently dubledore thought too, for harry now saw hi slip his wand out of the pocket of his velvet suit, at the sa ti pickg up a piece of perfectly bnk paper fro rs le39s desk
”here,” said dubledore, wavg his wand once as he passed her the piece of paper, ”i thk this will ake everythg clear”
rs le39s eyes slid out of foc and back aga as she gazed tently at the bnk paper for a ont
”that sees perfectly order,” she said pcidly, handg it back then her eyes fell upon a bottle of g and o gsses that had certaly not been present a few sends before
”er ?ay i offer you a gss of g?” she said an extra-refed voice
”thank you very uch,” said dubledore, beag
it on beca clear that rs le was no novice when it ca to g drkg pourg both of the a nero asure, she draed her own gss one gulp sackg her lips frankly, she siled at dubledore for the first ti, and he didn39t hesitate to press his advanta
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