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  ”profesr sghorn is an extrely able wizard who will be expectg both,” said dubledore ”he is uch ore aoplished at oncy than poor orf gaunt, and i would be astonished if he has not carried an antidote to veritaseru with hi ever sce i erced hi to givg this travesty of a rellection
  ”no, i thk it would be foolish to attept to wrest the truth fro profesr sghorn by force, and ight do uch ore har than good i do not wish hi to leave hogwarts however, he has his weaknesses like the rest of , and i believe that you are the one pern who ight be able to perate his defenses it is ost iportant that we secure the true ory, harry  how iportant, we will only know when we have seen the real thg , good ck  and good night”
  a little taken aback by the a
  upt disissal, harry got to his feet ickly ”good night, sir”
  as he closed the study door behd hi, he distctly heard pheas nils say, ”i can39t see why the boy should be able to do it better than you, dubledore”
  ”i wouldn39t expect you to, pheas,” replied dubledore, and fawkes gave another low, ical cry
  chapter 18: birthday surprises
  the next day harry nfided both ron and herione the task that dubledore had set hi, though separately, for herione still refed to rea ron39s presence lonr than it took to give hi a nteptuo look
  ron thought that harry was unlikely to have any trouble with sghorn at all
  39he loves you,39 he said over
  eakfast, wavg an airy forkful of fried egg 39won39t refe you anythg, will he? not his little potions prce jt hang back after css this afternoon and ask hi39
  herione, however, took a glooier view
  39he t be detered to hide what really happened if dubledore uldn39t t it out of hi,39 she said a low voice, as they stood the deserted, snowy urtyard at
  eak 39horcruxes horcruxes i39ve never even heard of the 39
  39you haven39t?39
  harry was disappoted he had hoped that herione ight have been able to give hi a ce as to what horcruxes were
  39they t be really advanced dark agic, or why would voldeort have wanted to know about the? i thk it39s gog to be difficult to t the ration, harry, you39ll have to be very careful about how you approach sghorn, thk out a strategy ”
  39ron reckons 1 should jt hang back after potions this afternoon 39
  39oh, well, if won-won thks that, you39d better do it,39 she said, frg up at once 39after all, when has won-won39s judnt ever been faulty?39
  39herione, can39t you —39
  39no!39 she said angrily, and stord away, leavg harry alone and ankle-deep snow
  potions lesns were unfortable enough these days, seeg as harry, ron and herione had to share a desk today, herione oved her cauldron around the table that she was close to ernie, and ignored both harry and ron
  39what39ve you done?39 ron uttered to harry, lookg at herione39s haughty profile
  but before harry uld answer, sghorn was callg for silence fro the front of the roo
  39settle down, settle down, please! ickly, now, lots of work to t through this afternoon! golpalott39s third w who can tell -? but iss granr can, of urse!39
  herione recited at speed: 39golpalott39s-third-w- states-that-the-antidote-for-a-blended-poin-will-be-eal-to- ore-than-the-su-of-the-antidotes-for-each-of-the-separale- ponents39
  39precisely!39 bead sghorn ten pots for gryffdor! now, if we aept golpalott39s third w as true ”
  harry was gog to have to take sghorn39s word for it that golpalott39s third w was true, becae he had not under-stood any of it nobody apart fro herione seed to be follog what sghorn said next, either
  39 which ans, of urse, that assug we have achieved rrect identification of the potion39s gredients by scarp39s revespell, our priary ai is not the retively siple one of selectg antidotes to those gredients a
  of theselves, but to fd that added ponent which will, by an alost alcheical process, transfor these disparate elents -39
  ron was sittg beside harry with his outh half-open, doodlg absently on his new py of advanced potion-akg ron kept fettg that he uld no lonr rely on herione to help hi out of trouble when he failed to grasp what was gog on
  39 and ,39 fished sghorn, 39i want each of you to e and take one of these phials fro y desk you are to c