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d would have been able to fd the boat,” said dubledore ”i thk he would have been prepared to risk what was, to his d, the ost unlikely possibility that body else would fd it, knog that he had set other obstacles ahead that only he would be able to perate we shall see whether he was right”
harry looked down to the boat it really was very sall ”it doesn39t look like it was built for o people will it hold both of ? will we be too heavy tother?”
dubledore chuckled ”voldeort will not have cared about the weight, but about the aount of agical power that crossed his ke i rather thk an enchantnt will have been pced upon this boat that only one wizard at a ti will be able to sail it”
”but then — ?”
”i do not thk you will unt, harry: you are undera and un-alified voldeort would never have expected a sixteen-year-old to reach this pce: i thk it unlikely that your powers will register pared to e” these words did nothg to raise harrys orale perhaps dubledore knew it, for he added, ”voldeort39s istake, harry, voldeort39s istake a is foolish and fetful when it underestiates youth now, you first this ti, and be careful not to touch the water” dubledore stood aside and harry clibed carefully to the boat dubledore stepped too, ilg the cha onto the floor they were crad tother harry uld not fortably sit, but crouched, his knees juttg over the ed of the boat, which be-gan to ove at once there was no und other than the silken r-tle of the boat39s prow cleavg the water it oved without their help, as though an visible rope was pullg it onward toward the light the center on they uld no lonr see the walls of the cavern they ight have been at sea except that there were no waves
harry looked down and saw the reflected gold of his wandlight sparklg and glitterg on the bck water as they passed the boat was carvg deep ripples upon the gssy surface, grooves the dark irror
and then harry saw it, arble white, floatg ches below the surface ”profesr!” he said, and his startled voice echoed loudly over the silent water
”harry?”
”i thk i saw a hand the water — a huan hand!”
”yes, i a sure you did,” said dubledore cally
harry stared down to the water, lookg for the vanished hand, and a sick feelg rose his throat
” that thg that juped out of the water — ?” but harry had his answer before dubledore uld reply the wandlight had slid over a fresh patch of water and showed hi, this ti, a dead an lyg faceup ches beneath the surface, his open eyes isted as though with bwebs, his hair and his robes swirlg around hi like soke ”there are bodies here!” said harry, and his voice unded uch higher than ual and ost unlike his own
”yes,” said dubledore pcidly, ”but we do not need to worry about the at the ont”
”at the ont?” harry repeated, tearg his gaze fro the water to look at dubledore
”not while they are rely driftg peacefully below ,” said dubledore ”there is nothg to be feared fro a body, harry, any ore than there is anythg to be feared fro the darkness lord voldeort, who of urse secretly fears both, disagrees but once aga he reveals his own ck of wisdo it is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothg ore” harry said nothg he did not want to argue, but he found the idea that there were bodies floatg around the and beneath the horrible and, what was ore, he did not believe that they were not danro
”but one of the juped,” he said, tryg to ake his voice as level and cal as dubledore39s ”when i tried to suon the horcrux, a body leapt out of the ke”
”yes,” said dubledore ”i a sure that once we take the horcrux, we shall fd the less peaceable however, like any creatures that dwell ld and darkness, they fear light and warth, which we shall therefore call to our aid should the need arise fire, harry,” dubledore added with a sile, response to harry39s bewildered expression
”oh right ” said harry ickly he turned his head to look at the greenish glow toward which the boat was still exorably sailg he uld not pretend now that he was not scared the great bck ke, teeg with the dead it seed hours and hours ago that he had t profesr trewney, that he had given ron and herione felix felicis he suddenly wished he had said a better good-bye to the and he hadn39t seen gny at all
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