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  to fight dobby dobby, i know i39 not allowed to give you orders —”
  ”dobby is a free hoe-elf and he can obey anyone he likes and dobby will do whatever harry potter wants hi to do!” said dobby, tears now streag down his shriveled little face onto his juper
  ”okay then,” said harry, and he and ron both released the elves, who fell to the floor but did not ntue fightg
  ”aster called ?” croaked kreacher, skg to a bow even as he gave harry a look that ply wished hi a paful death
  ”yeah, i did,” said harry, gncg toward ada pofrey39s office door to check that the uffliato spell was still workg there was no sign that she had heard any of the otion ”i39ve got a job for you”
  ”kreacher will do whatever aster wants,” said kreacher, skg low that his lips alost touched his gnarled toes, ”becae kreacher has no choice, but kreacher is ashad to have such a aster, yes —”
  ”dobby will do it, harry potter!” seaked dobby, his tennis-ball-sized eyes still swig tears ”dobby would be honored to help harry potter!”
  ”e to thk of it, it would be good to have both of you,” said harry ”okay then i want you to tail dra alfoy”
  ignorg the look of gled surprise and exasperation on ron39s face, harry went on, ”i want to know where he39s gog, who he39s etg, and what he39s dog i want you to follow hi around the
  clock”
  ”yes, harry potter!” said dobby at once, his great eyes shg with excitent ”and if dobby does it wrong, dobby will throw hiself off the ost tower, harry potter!”
  ”there won39t be any need for that,” said harry hastily
  ”aster wants to follow the younst of the alfoys?” croaked kreacher ”aster wants to spy upon the pure-blood great-nephew of y old istress?”
  ”that39s the one,” said harry, foreseeg a great danr and deterg to prevent it idiately ”and you39re forbidden to tip hi off, kreacher, or to show hi what you39re up to, or to talk to hi at all, or to write hi ssas or or to ntact hi any way got it?”
  he thought he uld see kreacher lg to see a loophole the structions he had jt been given and waited after a ont or o, and to harrys great satisfaction, kreacher bowed deeply aga and said, with bitter resentnt, ”aster thks of everythg, and kreacher t obey hi even though kreacher would uch rather be the servant of the alfoy boy, oh yes  ”
  ”that39s settled, then,” said harry ”i39ll want regur reports, but ake sure i39 not surrounded by people when you turn up ron and herione are okay and don39t tell anyone what you39re dog jt stick to alfoy like a uple of wart psters”
  chapter 20: lord voldeort39s reest
  harry and ron left the hospital g first thg on onday orng, restored to full health by the istrations of ada pofrey and now able to enjoy the benefits of havg been knocked out and poined, the best of which was that herione was friends with ron aga herione even esrted the down to
  eakfast,
  gg with her the news that gny had argued with dean the drowsg creature harry39s chest suddenly raised its head, sniffg the air hopefully
  ”what did they row about?” he asked, tryg to und casual as they turned onto a seventh-floor rridor that was deserted but for a very sall girl who had been exag a tapestry of trolls tut she looked terrified at the sight of the approachg sixth years and dropped the heavy
  ass scales she was carryg
  ”it39s all right!” said herione kdly, hurryg forward to help her ”here ”
  she tapped the
  oken scales with her wand and said, ”reparo” the girl did not say thank you, but reaed rooted to the spot as they passed and watched the out of sight ron gnced back at her
  ”i swear they39re ttg saller,” he said
  ”never d her,” said harry, a little ipatiently ”what did gny and dean row about, herione?”
  ”oh, dean was ughg about en hittg that bdgu at you,” said herione
  ”it t39ve looked funny,” said ron reanably ”it didn39t look funny at all!” said herione hotly ”it looked terrible and if ote and peakes hadn39t caught harry he uld have been very badly hurt!”
  ”yeah, well, there was no need for gny and dean to split up over it,” said harry, still tryg to und casual ”or are