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  ”you know a lot about it”
  herione gave hi the kd of nasty look she had jt given his py of advanced potion-akg
  ”it was all on the back of the bottles they showed gny and  the sur,” she said ldly, ”i don39t go around puttg potions people39s drks or pretendg too eit h er, which is jt as bad”
  ”yeah, well, never d that,” said harry ickly ”the pot is, filch is beg fooled isn39t he? these girls are ttg stuff to the school disguised as thg else! why uldn39t alfoy have
  ought the neckce to the school --?”
  ”oh, harry not that aga”
  ”e on, why not?” deanded harry
  ”look , ” sighed herione, ”secrecy senrs detect jxes, curses, and ncealnt chars, don39t they? they39re ed to fd d ark agic and d ark obje c ts they39d have picked up a powerful curse , like the one the neckce, withi n sends but thg that39s jt been put the wrong bottle wouldn 39 t register -- anyway love potions aren39t d ark or danro ---”
  ”easy for you to say,” uttered harry, thkg of roilda vane
  ”-- it would be down to filch to realise it wasn39t a ugh potion, and he39s not a very good wizard, i doubt he can tell one potion fro --”
  herione sped dead harry had heard it too body had oved close behd the aong the dark bookshelves they waited, and a ont ter the vulturelike untenance of ada pce appeared around the rner, her sunken cheeks, her sk like parchnt, and her long hooked nose ilated unfttergly by the p she was carryg
  ”the li
  ary is now closed,” she said, ”d you return anythg you have borrowed to the rrect -- what have you been dog to that book, you depraved boy?”
  ”it isn39t the li
  ary39s, it39s e!” said harry hastily, snatchg his py of advanced potion-akg off the table as she nd at it with a cwlike hand
  ” spoiled!” she hissed ”desecrated, befouled !”
  ”it39s jt a book that39s been written on!” said harry, g it out of her grip
  she looked as though she ight have a seizure herione, who had hastily packed her thgs, grabbed harry by the ar and frogarched hi away
  ”she39ll ban you fro the li
  ary if you39re not careful why did you have to
  g that stupid book?”
  ”it39s not y fault she39s barkg ad, herione or d39you thk she overheard you beg rude about filch? i39ve always thought there ight be thg beeen the”
  ”oh, ha ha”
  enjoyg the fact that they uld speak norally aga, they ade their way along the deserted p-lit rridors back to the on roo, argug w hether or not filch and ada pce were secretly love with each other
  ”baubles” said harry to the fat dy, this beg the new, festive password
  ”sa to you,” said the fat dy with a roguish gr, and she swung forward to adit the
  ”hi, harry!” said roilda vane, the ont he had clibed through the portrait hole ”fancy a gillywater?”
  herione gave hi a ”what-did-i-tell-you?” look over her shoulder
  ”no thanks,” said harry ickly ”i don39t like it uch”
  ”well, take these anyway,” said roilda, thrtg a box to his hands ”chote cauldrons, they39ve got firewhiskey the y gran sent the to , but i don39t like the”
  ”oh-- right -- thanks a lot” said harry, who uld not thk what else to say ” er-- i 39 jt gog over here with ”
  he hurried off behd herione, his voice tailg away feebly
  ”told you,” said herione ctly, ” oner you ask one, oner they39ll all leave you alone and you can --”
  but her face suddnly turned bnk she had jt spotted ron and vender, who were i ntered the sa archair
  ”well, good night, harry” said herione, though it was only seven o39clock the eveng, and she left for the girl s39 doritory without another word
  harry went to bed fortg hiself that there was only one ore day of lesns to le through, ps sghorn39s party, after which he and ron would depart tother for the b urrow it now seed ipossible that ron and herione would