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these days”
one of the girls gave an unwillg le harry stared at her she bshed alfoy phed past harry and she and her friend followed at a trot, turng the rner and vanishg fro view
harry stood rooted on the spot and watched the disappear this was furiatg he was already cuttg it fe to t to the atch on ti and yet there was alfoy, skulkg off while the rest of the school was absent: harry39s best chance yet of disverg what alfoy was up to the silent sends trickled past, and harry reaed where he was, frozen, gazg at the pce where alfoy had vanished
”where have you been?” deanded gny, as harry sprted to the changg roos the whole tea was chand and ready ote and peakes, the beaters, were both hittg their cbs nervoly agast their legs
”i t alfoy,” harry told her ietly, as he pulled his scarlet robes over his head
” i wanted to know how e he39s up at the castle with a uple of girlfriends while everyone else is down here ”
”does it atter right now?”
”well, i39 not likely to fd out, a i?” said harry, seizg his firebolt and phg his gsses straight ”e on then!”
and without another word, he arched out onto the pitch to deafeng cheers and boos
there was little d the clouds were patchy every now and then there were dazzlg fshes of
ight sunlight
”tricky nditions!” en said
acgly to the tea ”ote, peakes, you39ll want to fly out of the sun, they don39t see you g —”
”i39 the capta, en, shut up givg the structions,” said harry angrily ”jt t up by the goal posts!”
once en had arched off, harry turned to ote and peakes
”ake sure you do fly out of the sun,” he told the grudggly
he shook hands with the hufflepuff capta, and then, on ada hooch39s whistle, kicked off and rose to the air, higher than the rest of his tea, streakg around the pitch search of the snitch if he uld catch it good and early, there ight be a chance he uld t back up to the castle, seize the arauder39s ap, and fd out what alfoy was dog
”and that39s sith of hufflepuff with the affle,” said a dreay voice, echog over the grounds ”he did the ntary st ti, of urse, and gny weasley flew to hi, i thk probably on purpose, it looked like it sith was beg ite rude about gryffdor, i expect he regrets that now he39s pyg the — oh, look, he39s lost the affle, gny took it fro hi, i do like her, she39s very nice ”
harry stared down at the ntator39s podiu surely nobody their right d would have let na lovegood ntate? but even fro above there was no istakg that long, dirty-blonde hair, nor the neckce of butterbeer rks beside na, profesr cgonagall was lookg slightly unfortable, as though she was deed havg send thoughts about this appotnt
” but now that big hufflepuff pyer39s got the affle fro , her, i can39t reber his na, it39s thg like bibble — no, s —”
”it39s cadwalder!” said profesr cgonagall loudly fro beside na the crowd ughed
harry stared around for the snitch there was no sign of it onts ter, cadwalder sred en had been shoutg criticis at gny for allog the affle out of her possession, with the result that he had not noticed the r red ball arg past his right ear
”en, will you pay attention to what you39re supposed to be dog and leave everyone else alone!” bellowed harry, wheelg around to face his keeper
”you39re not settg a great exaple!” en shouted back, red-faced and furio
”and harry potter39s now havg an argunt with his keeper,” said na serenely, while both hufflepuffs and slythers below the crowd cheered and jeered ”i don39t thk that39ll help hi fd the snitch, but aybe it39s a clever re ”
swearg angrily, harry spun round and set off around the pitch aga, scanng the skies for sign of the ty, d golden ball
gny and delza sred a goal apiece, givg the red-and-gold-cd supporters below thg to cheer about then cadwalder sred aga, akg thgs level, but na did not see to have noticed she appeared sgurly unterested such undane thgs as the sre, and kept atteptg to draw the crowd39s attention to such thgs as terestgly shaped clouds and the possibility that zacharias sith, who had far failed to ata possession of the affle for lonr than a ute, was suffer