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  ughorn where other people can’t it39s not a estion of slippg hi a potion, anyone uld do that —”
  ”how do you spell 39bellirent39?” said ron, shakg his ill very hard while starg at his parchnt ”it can39t be b — u — —”
  ”no, it isn39t,” said herione, pullg ron39s essay toward her ”and 39augury39 doesn39t beg o — r — g either what kd of ill are you g?”
  ”it39s one of fred and e39s spell-check ones, but i thk the char t be wearg off”
  ”yes, it t,” said herione, potg at the title of his essay, ”becae we were asked how we39d deal with dentors, not 39dug-bogs39, and i don39t reber you changg your na to 39roonil wazlib’ either”
  ”ah no!” said ron, starg horror-struck at the parchnt ”don39t say i39ll have to write the whole thg out aga!”
  ”it39s okay, we can fix it,” said herione, pullg the essay toward her and takg out her wand
  ”i love you, herione,” said ron, skg back his chair, rub-bg his eyes wearily herione turned fatly pk, but rely said, ”don39t let vender hear you sayg that”
  ”1 won39t,” said ron to his hands ”or aybe i will, then she39ll ditch ”
  ”why don39t you ditch her if you want to fish it?” asked harry
  ”you haven39t ever chucked anyone, have you?” said ron ”you and cho jt —”
  ”rt of fell apart, yeah,” said harry
  ”wish that would happen with and vender,” said ron glooily, watchg herione silently tappg each of his is-spelled words with the end of her wand, that they rrected theselves on the pa ”but the ore i ht i want to fish it, the tighter she holds on it39s like gog out with the giant sid”
  ”there,” said herione, enty utes ter, handg back ron39s essay
  ”thanks a illion,” said ron ”can i borrow your ill for the ncsion?” harry, who had found nothg eful the half-blood prce39s notes far, looked around the three of the were now the only ones left the on roo, sea havg jt gone up to bed cursg snape and his essay the only unds were the cracklg of the fire and ron scratchg out one st paragraph on dentors g herione39s ill harry had jt closed the half-blood prce39s book, yawng, when —
  crack!
  herione let out a little shriek ron spilled k all over his freshly pleted essay, and harry said, ”kreacher!”
  the hoe-elf bowed low and addressed his own gnarled toes ”aster said he wanted regur reports on what the alfoy boy is dog, kreacher has e to give--”
  crack!
  dobby appeared alongside kreacher, his tea-zy hat askew ”dobby has been helpg too, harry potter!” he seaked, cast-g kreacher a resentful look ”and kreacher ought to tell dobby when he is g to see harry potter they can ake their re-ports tother!”
  ”what is this?” asked herione, still lookg shocked by these sudden appearances ”what39s gog on, harry?” harry hesitated before answerg, becae he had not told her-ione about settg kreacher and dobby to tail alfoy hoe-elves were always such a touchy subject with her
  ”well  they39ve been follog alfoy for ,” he said
  ”night and day,” croaked kreacher
  ”dobby has not slept for a week, harry potter!” said dobby proudly, swayg where he stood herione looked dignant
  ”you haven39t slept, dobby? but surely, harry, you didn39t tell hi not to —”
  ”no, of urse i didn39t,” said harry ickly ”dobby, you can sleep, all right? but has either of you found out anythg?” he has-tened to ask, before herione uld tervene aga
  ”aster alfoy oves with a nobility that befits his pure blood,” croaked kreacher at once ”his features recall the fe bones of y istress and his anners are those of—”
  ”dra alfoy is a bad boy!” seaked dobby angrily ”a bad boy who — who —” he shuddered fro the tassel of his tea zy to the toes of his cks and then ran at the fire, as though about to dive to it harry, to who this was not entirely unexpected, caught hi around the iddle and held hi fast for a few sends dobby led, then went