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unds of ughter, ic, and loud nversation were grog louder with every step they took
whether it had been built that way, or becae he had ed agical trickery to ake it , sghorn39s office was uch rr than the ual teacher39s study the ceilg and walls had been draped with erald, crin , and gold hanggs, that it looked as though they were all side a vast tent the roo was crowded and stuffy and bathed the red light cast by an ornate golden p danglg fro the center of the ceilg which real fairies were ftterg, each a
illiant speck of light loud sgg aopanied by what unded like andols issued fro a distant rner a haze of pipe soke hung over several elderly warlocks deep nversation, and a nuber of hoe-elves were negotiatg their way seakily through the forest of knees, obscured by the heavy silver ptters of food they were bearg, that they looked like little rovg tables
”harry, 39boy!” bood sghorn, alost as on as harry and na had seezed through the door ”e , e , any people i39d like you to et!”
sghorn was wearg a tasseled velvet hat to atch his sokg jacket grippg harry39s ar tightly he ight have been hopg to disapparate with hi, sghorn led hi purposefully to the party harry seized na39s hand and ed her along with hi
”harry, i39d like you to et eldred worple, an old student of e, author of 39 blood
others: y l ife aongst the vapires39 - and, of urse, his friend sangui”
worple, who was a sall, stout, bespectacled an, grabbed harry39s hand and shook it enthiastically the vapire sangui, who was tall and eaciated with dark shadows under his eyes, rely nodded he looked rather bored a le of girls was standg close to hi, lookg curio and excited
”harry potter, i a siply delighted!” said worple, peerg shortsightedly up to harry39s face ”i was sayg to profesr sghorn only the other day, 39where is the biography of harry potter for which we have all been waitg?39”
”er,” said harry, ”were you?”
”jt as odest as horace described!” said worple ”but seri-oly” — his anner chand it beca suddenly besslike — ”i would be delighted to write it yself— people are cravg to know ore about you, dear boy, cravg! if you were prepared to grant a few terviews, say four- or five-hour sessions, why, we uld have the book fished with onths and all with very little effort on your part, i assure you — ask sangui here if it isn39t ite — sangui, stay here!” added worple, suddenly stern, for the vapire had been edgg toward the nearby group of girls, a rather hungry look his eye ”here, have a pasty,” said worple, seizg one fro a passg elf and stuffg it to sangui39s hand before turng his attention back to harry ”y dear boy, the gold you uld ake, you have no idea —”
”i39 defitely not terested,” said harry firly, ”and i39ve jt seen a friend of e, rry” he pulled na after hi to the crowd he had deed jt seen a long ane of
own hair disappear beeen what looked like o bers of the weird sisters
”herione! herione !”
”harry! there you are, thank goodness! hi, na !”
”what39s happened to you?” asked harry, for herione looked distctly disheveled, rather as though she had jt fought her way out of a thicket of devil39s snare
”oh, i39ve jt escaped — i an, i39ve jt left rac,” she said ”under the istletoe,” she added expnation, as harry ntued to look estiongly at her
”serves you right for g with hi,” he told her severely ”i thought he39d annoy ron ost,” said herione dispassion-ately ”i debated for a while about zacharias sith, but i thought, on the whole —”
”you nsidered sith?” said harry, revoked
”yes, i did, and i39 startg to wish i39d chosen hi, en akes grawp look a ntlean let39s go this way, we39ll be able to see hi g, he39s tall ” the three of the ade their way over to the other side of the roo, sopg up goblets of ad on the way, realizg too te that profesr trewney was standg there alone
”hello,” said na politely to profesr trewney
”good eveng, y dear,” said profesr trewney, focg upon na with difficulty harry uld sll okg