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what thoughts are you tryg to nceal fro your aster, dra?”
”i39 not tryg to nceal anythg fro hi, i jt don39t want you buttg !” harry pressed his ear still ore closely agast the keyhole what had happened to ake alfoy speak to snape like this — snape, toward who he had always shown respect, even likg?
” that is why you have been avoidg this ter? you have feared y terference? you realize that, had anybody else failed to e to y office when i had told the repeatedly to be there, dra —”
” put detention! report to dubledore!” jeered alfoy
there was another pae then snape said, ”you know perfectly well that i do not wish to do either of those thgs ”
”you39d better s tellg to e to your office then!”
”listen to ,” said snape, his voice low now that harry had to ph his ear very hard agast the keyhole to hear ”i a tryg to help you i swore to your other i would protect you i ade the un
eakable vow, dra —”
”looks like you39ll have to
eak it, then, becae i don39t need your protection! it39s y job, he gave it to and i39 dog it, i39ve got a pn and it39s gog to work, it39s jt takg a bit lonr than i thought it would!”
”what is your pn ?”
”it39s none of your bess !”
” if you tell what you are tryg to do, i can assist you ”
”i have all the assistance i need, thanks, i39 not alone!”
”you were certaly alone tonight, which was foolish the ex-tre, wanderg the rridors without lookouts or backup, these are elentary istakes —”
”i would39ve had crabbe and goyle with if you hadn39t put the detention!”
”keep your voice down!” spat snape, for alfoy 39 s voice had risen excitedly ”if your friends crabbe and goyle tend to pass their defense agast the dark arts owl this ti around, they will need to work a little harder than they are dog at pres —”
”what does it atter?” said alfoy ”defense agast the dark arts — its all jt a joke, isn39t it, an act? like any of need pro-tectg agast the dark arts —”
”it is an act that is crucial to ess, dra!” said snape ”where do you thk i would have been all these years, if i had not known how to act? now listen to ! you are beg cautio, wanderg around at night, ttg yourself caught, and if you are pcg your reliance assistants like crabbe and goyle —”
”they39re not the only ones, i39ve got other people on y side, better people!”
”then why not nfide , and i can —”
”i know what you39re up to! you want to steal y glory!”
there was another pae, then snape said ldly, ”you are speakg like a child i ite understand that your fathers capture and iprinnt has upset you, but —”
harry had barely a send 39 s warng he heard alfoy39s footsteps on the other side of the door and fng hiself out of the way jt as it burst open alfoy was stridg away down the rridor, past the open door of sghorns office, around the distant rner, and out of sight hardly darg to
eathe, harry reaed crouched down as snape erd slowly fro the cssroo his expression unfath-oable, he returned to the party harry reaed on the floor, hid-den beneath the cloak, his d racg
chapter 16: a very frosty christas
“ snape was offerg to help hi? he was defitely offerg to help hi?”
”if you ask that once ore,” said harry, ”i39 gog to stick this sprout —”
”i39 only checkg!” said ron they were standg alone at the burrow39s kitchen sk, peelg a ounta of sprouts for rs weasley snow was driftg past the dow front of the
”yes, snape was offerg to help hi!” said harry ”he said he39d proised alfoy39s other to protect hi, that he39d ade an un-
eakable oath or thg —”
”an un
eakable vow?” said ron, lookg stunned ”nah, he can39t have are you sure?”
”yes, i39 sure,” said harry ”why, what does it an?”
“well, you can39t
eak an un
eakable vow ”
”i39d worked that uch out for yself, funnily enough what happens if you
eak it, then?”
”you die,” said ron sipl