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  ise was g fro a rridor nearby harry sprted towards it, his wand at the ready, hurtled round another rner and saw profesr trewney sprawled upon the floor, her head vered one of her any shawls, several sherry bottles lyg beside her, one
  oken
  39profesr -39
  harry hurried forwards and helped profesr trewney to her feet of her glitterg beads had bee entangled with her gsses she oughed loudly, patted her hair and pulled herself up on harry39s helpg ar
  39what happened, profesr?39
  39you ay well ask!39 she said shrilly 39i was strollg along,
  oodg upon certa dark portents 1 happen to have glipsed 39
  but harry was not payg uch attention he had jt noticed where they were standg: there on the right was the tapestry of dancg trolls and, on the left, that soothly iperable stretch of stone wall that ncealed -
  39profesr, were you tryg to t to the roo of reirent?39
  39 ons i have been vouchsafed - what?39
  she looked suddenly shifty
  the roo of reirent,39 repeated harry 39were you try-g to t there?39
  39i - well - i didn39t know students knew about -39
  39not all of the do,39 said harry 39but what happened? you scread it unded as though you were hurt39
  39i - well,39 said profesr trewney, drag her shawls around her defensively and starg down at hi with her vastly agnified eyes 39i wished to - ah - deposit certa – u - pernal ites the roo 39 and she uttered thg about 39nasty aations39
  39right,39 said harry, gncg down at the sherry bottles 39but you uldn39t t and hide the?39
  he found this very odd the roo had opened for hi, after all, when he had wanted to hide the half-blood prce39s book
  39oh, i got all right,39 said profesr trewney, grg at the wall 39but there was body already there39
  39body -? who?39 deanded harry 39who was there?39
  39 ? have no idea,39 said profesr trewney, lookg slightly taken aback at the urncy harry39s voice 39i walked to the roo and i heard a voice, which has never happened before all y years of hidg - of g the roo, i an39
  39a voice? sayg what?39
  39i don39t know that it was sayg anythg,39 said profesr trewney 39it was whoopg39
  39whoopg?39
  39gleefully,39 she said, noddg
  harry stared at her
  39was it ale or feale?39
  39 ? would hazard a guess at ale,39 said profesr trewney
  39and it unded happy?39
  39very happy,39 said profesr trewney sniffily
  39as though it was cele
  atg?39
  39ost defitely39
  39and then -?39
  39and then i called out, ”who39s there?”39
  39you uldn39t have found out who it was without askg?39 harry asked her, slightly frtrated
  ‘the ner eye,39 said profesr trewney with dignity, straighteng her shawls and any strands of glitterg beads, 39was fixed upon atters well outside the undane reals of whoopg voices39
  39right,39 said harry hastily he had heard about profesr trewney39s ner eye all too often before 39and did the voice say who was there?39
  39no, it did not,39 she said 39everythg went pitch bck and the next thg i knew, i was beg hurled headfirst out of the roo!39
  39and you didn39t see that g?39 said harry, unable to help hiself
  39no, i did not, as i say, it was pitch -39 she sped and gred at hi spicioly
  39i thk you39d better tell profesr dubledore,39 said harry 39he ought to know alfoy39s cele
  atg - i an, that -one threw you out of the roo39
  to his surprise, profesr trewney drew herself up at this estion, lookg haughty
  the headaster has tiated that he would prefer fewer visits fro ,39 she said ldly i a not one to press y pany upon those who do not vae it if dubledore chooses to ignore the warngs the cards show -39
  her bony hand closed suddenly around harry39s wrist
  39aga and aga, no atter how i y the out -39
  and she pulled a card draatically fro underneath her shawls
  39- the lightng-struck tower,39 she whispered 39caity disaster g nearer all the ti 39
  39right,39 said harry aga 39well i still thk you should tell dubledore about this voice and everythg gog dark and beg thrown out of the roo 39
  39you