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  did you not, to follow any and i gave you?”
  ”yes, but—”
  ”i warned you, did i not, that there ight be danr?”
  ”yes,” said harry, ”but —”
  ”well, then,” said dubledore, shakg back his sleeves once ore and raisg the epty goblet, ”you have y orders”
  ”why can39t i drk the potion stead?” asked harry desperately
  ”becae i a uch older, uch cleverer, and uch less vaable,” said dubledore ”once and for all, harry, do i have your word that you will do all your power to ake keep drkg?”
  ”uldn39t — ?”
  ”do i have it?”
  ”but—”
  ”your word, harry”
  ”i —all right, but—”
  before harry uld ake any further protest, dubledore low-ered the crystal goblet to the potion for a split send, harry hoped that he would not be able to touch the potion with the gob-let, but the crystal sank to the surface as nothg else had when the gss was full to the
  i, dubledore lifted it to his outh ”your good health, harry”
  and he draed the goblet harry watched, terrified, his hands grippg the ri of the bas hard that his frtips were nub
  ”profesr?” he said anxioly, as dubledore lowered the epty gss ”how do you feel?”
  dubledore shook his head, his eyes closed harry wondered whether he was pa dubledore pnd the gss bldly back to the bas, refilled it, and drank once ore
  silence, dubledore drank three gobletsful of the potion then, halfway through the fourth goblet, he ered and fell for-ward agast the bas his eyes were still closed, his
  eathg heavy
  ”profesr dubledore?” said harry, his voice straed ”can you hear ?”
  dubledore did not answer his face was itchg as though he was deeply asleep, but dreag a horrible drea his grip on the goblet was sckeng the potion was about to spill fro it harry reached forward and grasped the crystal cup, holdg it steady ”profesr, can you hear ?” he repeated loudly, his voice echo-g around the cavern
  dubledore panted and then spoke a voice harry did not regnize, for he had never heard dubledore frightened like this
  ”i don39t want  don39t ake ”
  harry stared to the whitened face he knew well, at the crooked nose and half-oon spectacles, and did not know what to do
  ”  don39t like  want to s  ” oaned dubledore
  ”you  you can39t s, profesr,” said harry ”you39ve got to keep drkg, reber? you told you had to keep drkg here  ” hatg hiself, repulsed by what he was dog, harry forced the goblet back toward dubledore39s outh and tipped it, that dubledore drank the reader of the potion side
  ”no ” he groaned, as harry lowered the goblet back to the bas and refilled it for hi ”i don39t want to i don39t want to  let go  ”
  ”its all right, profesr,” said harry, his hand shakg ”its all right, i39 here —”
  ”ake it s, ake it s,” oaned dubledore
  ”yes yes, this39ll ake it s,” lied harry he tipped the n-tents of the goblet to dubledore39s open outh dubledore scread the noise echoed all around the vast chaber, across the dead bck water
  ”no, no, no, no, i can39t, i can39t, don39t ake , i don39t warn to  ”
  ”it39s all right, profesr, it39s all right!” said harry loudly, his hands shakg badly he uld hardly sop up the sixth goblei ful of potion the bas was now half epty ”nothg39s happeng to you, you39re safe, it isn39t real, i swear it isn39t real — take this, now, take this” and obediently, dubledore drank, as though it was an anti-dote harry offered hi, but upon drag the goblet, he sank to his knees, shakg unntrolbly
  ”its all y fault, all y fault,” he bbed ”please ake it s, i know i did wrong, oh please ake it s and i39ll never, never aga ”
  ”this will ake it s, profesr,” harry said, his voice crack-g as he tipped the seventh gss of potion to dubledore39s outh
  dubledore began to wer as though visible torturers sur-rounded hi his filg hand alost knocked the refilled goblet fro harry39s treblg hands as he oaned, ”don39t hurt the, don39t hurt the, please, please, its y fault, hurt stead ”
  ”here, drk this, drk this, you39ll be all right,” said harry