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  bezoar,” she bbed ”oh, harry, what can we say? you saved gny  you saved arthur ,  now you39ve saved ron
  ”don39t be i didn39t ” uttered harry awkwardly ”half our faily does see to owe you their lives, now i s and thk about it,” r weasley said a nstricted voice ”well, all i can say is that it was a cky cy for the weasleys when ron decided to sit your partnt on the hogwarts expirv, harry”
  harry uld not thk of any reply to this and was alost gli?l when ada pofrey reded the that there were only supposed to be six visitors around ron39s bed he and herione rose h once to leave and hagrid decided to go with the, leavg ron with his faily
  ”it39s terrible,” growled hagrid to his beard, as the three ol the walked back along the rridor to the arble staircase ”l this new security, an kids are still tt39 hurt  dubledoiv39s worried sick  he don say uch, but i can tell  ”
  ”hasn39t he got any ideas, hagrid?” asked herione desperately
  ”i spect he39s got hundreds of ideas,
  a like his,” said hagrid ”but he doesn39 know who sent that neckce nor put poin that e, or they39dve b caught, wouldn they? wha39 worries ,” said hagrid, lowerg his voice and gncg over his shoulder harry, for good asure, checked the ceilg for peeves, ”is how long hogwarts can stay open if kids are be39 attacked chaber o39 secrets all over aga, isn39 it? there39ll be panic, ore parents tak their kids outta school, an nex39 thg yeh know the board o39 governors ”
  hagrid sped talkg as the ghost of a long-haired woan drifted serenely past, then resud a hoarse whisper, ”  the board o39 governors39ll be talk about shutt39 up fer good”
  ”surely not?” said herione, lookg worried
  ”gotta see it fro their pot o39 view,” said hagrid heavily ”i an, it39s always b a bit of a risk send a kid ter hogwarts, hasn’ it? yer expect aidents, don39 yeh, with hundreds of undera wizards all locked up terther, but attepted urder, tha39s tliff39rent 39s39no wonder dubledore39s angry with sn —”
  hagrid sped his tracks, a failiar, guilty expression on what was visible of his face above his tangled bck beard
  ”what?” said harry ickly ”dubledore39s angry with snape?”
  ”i never said tha’,” said hagrid, though his look of panic uld not have been a er giveaway ”look at the ti, it39s tt39 on fer idnight, i need ter —”
  ”hagrid, why is dubledore angry with snape?” harry asked loudly
  ”shhhh!” said hagrid, lookg both nervo and angry ”don’ shout stuff like that, harry, d39yeh wan’ ter lose job? d, i don39 suppose yeh39d care, would yeh, not now yeh39ve given up care of ag—”
  ”don39t try and ake feel guilty, it wont work!” said harry forcefully ”what39s snape done?”
  ”i dunno, harry, i shouldn39ta heard it at all! i — well, i was ’ outta the forest the other even’ an39 i overheard 39e talkg— well, argu’ didn39t like ter draw attention to self, i rta skulked an tried not ter listen, but it was a — well, a heated discsion an39 it wasn’ easy ter block it out”
  ”well?” harry urd hi, as hagrid shuffled his enoro feet uneasily
  ”well — i j39 heard snape say’ dubledore took too uch fer granted an aybe he — snape — didn’ wan’ ter do it any ore —“
  ”do what?”
  ”i dunno, harry, it unded like snape was feel’ a bit overworked, tha39s all — anyway, dubledore told hi ft out he39d agreed ter do it an39 that was all there was to it pretty fir with hi an39 then he said suat abou’ snape ak39 vestigations his hoe, slyther well, there39s noth39 stran abou39 that!” hagrid added hastily, as harry and herione exchand looks full of ang ”all the heads o39 hoes were asked ter look ter that neckce bess —”
  ”yeah, but dubledore39s not havg rows with the rest of the, is he?” said harry
  ”look,” hagrid isted his crossbow unfortably his hands there was a loud splterg und and it snapped o ”i know what yeh39re like abou39 snape, harry, an39 i don39 want yeh ter go read39 ore ter this than there is”
  ”look out,” said herione tersely
  they turned jt ti to see the shadow of arg filch loog over the wall behd the before the an hiself turned