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didn39t go on about it uch not to his face anyway ” ”when can we take the actual test?” ”on as we39re seventeen that39s only arch for !” ”yeah, but you wouldn39t be able to apparate here, not the castle ”
”not the pot, is it? everyone would know i uld apparate if i wanted”
ron was not the only one to be excited at the prospect of apparition all that day there was uch talk about the forthg , lesns a great deal of store was set by beg able to vanish and reappear at will
”how ol will it be when we can jt —” sea clicked his rrs to dicate disappearance ” ferg does it jt to annoy , you wait till i can do it back he39ll never have another peaceful ont ”
lost visions of this happy prospect, he flicked his wand a little too enthiastically, that stead of producg the founta of pure water that was the object of today39s chars lesn, he let out a hoselike jet that richeted off the ceilg and knocked profesr fliick ft on his face
”harry’s already apparated,” ron told a slightly abashed sea, after profesr fliick had dried hiself off with a wave of his wand and set sea les: ”i a a wizard, not a baboon
andishg a stick” ”du — er — one took hi side-along-apparition, you know”
”whoa!” whispered sea, and he, dean, and neville put their heads a little closer to hear what apparition felt like for the rest of the day, harry was besied with reests fro the other sixth years to describe the sensation of apparition all of the seed awed, rather than put off, when he told the how unfortable it was, and he was still answerg detailed estions at ten to eight that eveng, when he was forced to lie and say that he needed to return a book to the li
ary, as to escape ti for his lesn with dubledore
the ps dubledore’s office were lit, the portraits of previo headasters were snorg ntly their fras, and the pen-sieve was ready upon the desk once ore dubledore’s hands y on either side of it, the right one as bckened and burnt-lookg as ever it did not see to have healed at all and harry wondered, for perhaps the hundredth ti, what had caed such a distctive jury, but did not ask dubledore had said that he would know eventually and there was, any case, another subject he wanted to discs but before harry uld say anythg about snape and alfoy, dubledore spoke
”i hear that you t the ister of agic over christas?” ”yes,” said harry ”he39s not very happy with ”
”no,” sighed dubledore ”he is not very happy with either we t try not to sk beneath our anguish, harry, but battle on”
harry grned
”he wanted to tell the wizardg unity that the istry39s dog a wonderful job39
dubledore siled
”it was fud39s idea origally, you know durg his st days office, when he was tryg desperately to clg to his post, he ught a etg with you, hopg that you would give hi your
support —”
”after everythg fud did st year?” said harry angrily ”after u
id ?”
”i told rneli there was no chance of it, but the idea did not die when he left: office with hours of scriour39s appotnt we t and he deanded that i arran a etg with you —”
” that39s why you argued!” harry
ted out ”it was the daily prophet”39
”the prophet is bound to report the truth oasionally,” said dubledore, ”if only aidentally yes, that was why we argued well, it appears that ruf found a way to rner you at st”
”he aed of beg 39dubledore39s an through and through39”
”how very rude of hi”
”i told hi i was”
dubledore opened his outh to speak and then closed it aga behd harry, fawkes the phoenix let out a low, ft, ical cry to harry’s tense ebarrassnt, he suddenly realized
that dubledore39s
ight be eyes looked rather watery, ai stared hastily at his own knees when dubledore spoke, however, his voice was ite steady
”i a very touched, harry”
”scriour wanted to know where you go when you39re not at hogwarts,” said harry, still lookg fixedly at his knees
”yes, he is very nosy about that,” said dubledore, now undg cheerful, and harry thought it safe to look up aga ”he has even attepted to have followed ag, really he set dawlish to tail it wasn39t kd i have already been forced to