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  ows and the enchanted ceilg swirled darkly above the as they assebled front of profesrs cgonagall, snape, fliick and sprout - the heads of hoe - and a sall wizard who harry took to be the apparition structor fro the istry he was oddly lourless, with transparent eyeshes, wispy hair and an substantial air, as though a sgle gt of d ight blow hi away harry wondered whether nstant dis-appearances and reappearances had how diished his substance, or whether this frail build was ideal for anyone wishg to vanish
  39good orng,39 said the istry wizard, when all the stu-dents had arrived and the heads of hoe had called for iet 39y na is wilkie ycross and i shall be your istry-apparition structor for the next elve weeks 1 hope to be able to prepare you for your apparition test this ti -39
  39alfoy, be iet and pay attention!39 barked profesr cgonagall
  everybody looked round alfoy had fshed a dull pk he looked furio as he stepped away fro crabbe, with who he appeared to have been havg a whispered argu-nt harry gnced ickly at snape, who al looked annoyed, though harry strongly spected that this was less becae of alfoy39s rudeness than the fact that cgonagall had reprianded one of his hoe
  39- by which ti, any of you ay be ready to take your test,39 ycross ntued, as though there had been no terruption
  39as you ay know, it is ually ipossible to apparate or disapparate with hogwarts the headaster has lifted this enchantnt, purely with the great hall, for one hour, as to enable you to practise ay i ephasise that you will not be able to apparate outside the walls of this hall, and that you would be unwise to try
  39i would like each of you to pce yourselves now that you have a clear five feet of space front of you39
  there was a great scrabig and jostlg as people separ-ated, band to each other, and ordered others out of their space the heads of hoe oved aong the students, arshallg the to position and
  eakg up argunts
  39harry, where are you gog? 1 deanded herione
  but harry did not answer he was ovg ickly through the crowd, past the pce where profesr fliick was akg seaky attepts to position a few ravencws, all of who wanted to be near the front, past profesr sprout, who was chivvyg the hufflepuffs to le, until, by dodgg around ernie ailn, he anad to position hiself right at the back of the crowd, directly behd alfoy, who was takg advanta of the neral upheaval to ntue his argunt with crabbe, standg five feet away and lookg uto
  39i don39t know how uch lonr, all right?39 alfoy shot at hi, oblivio to harry standg right behd hi 39it39s takg lonr than i thought it would39
  crabbe opened his outh, but alfoy appeared to send-guess what he was gog to say
  39look, it39s none of your bess what i39 dog, crabbe, you and goyle jt do as you39re told and keep a lookout!39
  39! tell y friends what i39 up to, if i want the to keep a lookout for ,” harry said, jt loud enough for alfoy to hear hi
  alfoy spun round on the spot, his hand flyg to his wand, but at thai precise ont the four heads of hoe shouted, 39iet!39 and silence fell aga alfoy turned slowly to face the front
  thank you,39 said ycross :now then 39
  he waved his wand old-fashioned wooden hoops stantly appeared on the floor fro of every student
  the iportant thgs to reber when apparatg are the three ds!39 said ycross 39destation, deteration, deliberation!
  39step one: fix your d firly upon the desired dest-ation,39 said ycross 39 this case, the terior of your hoop kdly ncentrate upon that destation now39
  everybody looked around furtively, to check that everyone else was starg to their hoop, then hastily did as they were told harry gazed at the circur patch of dty floor enclosed by his hoop and tried hard to thk of nothg else this proved ipossible, as he uldn39t s puzzlg over what alfoy was dog that needed lookouts
  ”step o,39 said ycross, 39foc your deteration to oupy the visualised space! let your yearng to enter it flood fro your d to every particle of your body!39
  harry gnced around surreptitioly a little way to his left, ernie ailn was nteptg his hoop hard that his face had turned pk it looked as though he was strag to y a affle-sized egg harry bit back a ugh and hastily returned his gaze to his own hoop
  39step three,39 called ycross, 39and only when 1 give the -and