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  ady to grab hi should he fall, but the sight of the dark ark seed to have acted upon dubledore like a stiunt: he was bent low over his
  oo, his eyes fixed upon the ark, his long silver hair and beard flyg behd hi the night air and harry, too, looked ahead at the skull, and fear swelled side hi like a venoo bubble, pressg his ngs, drivg all other disfort fro his d
  how long had they been away? had ron, herione and gny39s ck run out by now? was it one of the who had caed the ark to be set over the school, or was it neville, or na, or other ber of the da? and if it was he was the one who had told the to patrol the rridors, he had asked the to leave the safety of their beds would he be responsible, aga, for the death of a friend?
  as they flew over the dark, istg ne down which they had walked earlier, harry heard, over the whistlg of the night air his ears, dubledore utterg  stran ngua aga he thought he understood why as he felt his
  oo shudder for a ont when they flew over the bound-ary wall to the grounds: dubledore was undog the enchantnts he hiself had set around the castle, that they uld enter at speed the dark ark was glitterg directly above the astronoy tower, the highest of the castle did that an the death had ourred there?
  dubledore had already crossed the crenelted raparts and was disountg harry nded next to hi sends ter and looked around
  the raparts were deserted the door to the spiral staircase that led back to the castle was closed there was no sign of a le, of a fight to the death, of a body
  39what does it an?39 harry asked dubledore, lookg up at the green skull with its serpent39s tongue gltg evilly above the 39is it the real ark? has one defitely been - profesr?39
  the di green glow fro the ark harry saw duble-dore ctchg at his chest with his bckened hand
  39go and wake sever,39 said dubledore fatly but clearly tell hi what has happened and
  g hi to do noth- g else, speak to nobody else and do not reove your cloak i shall wait here39
  39but -39
  39you swore to obey , harry - go!39
  harry hurried over to the door leadg to the spiral stair-case, but his hand had only jt closed upon the iron rg of the door when he heard runng footsteps on the other side he looked round at dubledore, who stured to hi to retreat harry backed away, drag his wand as he did
  the door burst open and body erupted through it and shouted: 39expelliar!39
  harry39s body beca stantly rigid and iobile, and he felt hiself fall back agast the tower wall, propped like an unsteady statue, unable to ove or speak he uld not understand how it had happened - expelliar was not a freezg char -
  then, by the light of the ark, he saw dubledore39s wand flyg an arc over the ed of the raparts and under-stood dubledore had wordlessly iobilised harry, and the send he had taken to perfor the spell had st hi the chance of defendg hiself
  standg agast the raparts, very white the face, dubledore still showed no sign of panic or distress he rely looked across at his disarr and said, 39good eveng, dra39
  alfoy stepped forwards, gncg around ickly to check that he and dubledore were alone his eyes fell upon the send
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  39who else is here?39
  39a estion 1 ight ask you or are you actg alone?39
  harry saw alfoy39s pale eyes shift back to dubledore the greenish gre of the ark
  39no,39 he said 39i39ve got back-up there are death eaters here your school tonight39
  39well, well,39 said dubledore, as though alfoy was show- g hi an abitio howork project 39very good deed you found a way to let the , did you?39
  39yeah,39 said alfoy, who was pantg 39right under your nose and you never realised!39
  39nio,39 said dubledore 39yet five  where are they now? you see unsupported39
  they t of your guard they39re havg a fight down below they won39t be long i ca on ahead i - i39ve got a job to do39
  39well, then, you t t on and do it, y dear boy,39 said dubledore ftly
  there was silence harry stood iprined with his own visible, paralysed body, starg at the o of the, his ears strag to hear unds of the death eaters39 distant fight, and front of hi, dra alfoy did nothg but stare at alb dubledore who, credibly, siled
  39dra, dra, you are not a killer39
  39how do you know?39 said alfoy at once
  he se