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ps and lookg suddenly tense ”bill will not be a full werewolf the cases are pletely -”
”but i don39t care either, i don39t care!” said tonks, seizg the front of p39s robes and shakg the ”i39ve told you a illion tis ”
and the ang of tonks39s patron and her oe-lored hair, and the rean she had e runng to fd dubledore when she had heard a ruor one had been attacked by greyback, all suddenly beca clear to harry it had not been s that tonks had fallen love with after all
”and i39ve told you a illion tis,” said p, refg to et her eyes, starg at the floor, ”that i a too old for you, too poor too danro ”
”i39ve said all along you39re takg a ridiculo le on this, re,” said rs weasley over fleur39s shoulder as she patted her on the back
”i a not beg ridiculo,” said p steadily ”tonks deserves body young and whole”
”but she wants you,” said r weasley, with a sall sile ”and after all, re, young and whole n do not necessarily rea ”
he stured sadly at his n, lyg beeen the
”this is not the ont to discs it,” said p, avoidg everybody39s eyes as he looked around distractedly ”dubledore is dead ”
”dubledore would have been happier than anybody to thk that there was a little ore love the world,” said profesr cgonagall curtly, jt as the hospital doors opened aga and hagrid walked
the little of his face that was not obscured by hair or beard was akg and swollen he was shakg with tears, a vast, spotted handkerchief his hand
”i39ve i39ve done it, profesr,” he choked ”-oved hi profesr sprout39s got the kids back bed profesr fliick39s ly down, but he says he39ll be all righ39 a jiffy, an39 profesr sghorn says the istry39s b rd”
”thank you, hagrid,” said profesr cgonagall, standg up at once and turng to look at the group around bill39s bed ”i shall have to see the istry when they t here hagrid, please tell the heads of hoes - sghorn can represent slyther - that i want to see the y office forthwith i would like you to jo too”
as hagrid nodded, turned, and shuffled out of the roo aga, she looked down at harry ”before i et the i would like a ick word with you, harry if you39ll e with ”
harry stood up, urured ”see you a bit” to ron, herione, and gny, and followed profesr cgonagall back down the ward the rridors outside were deserted and the only und was the distant phoenix ng it was several utes before harry beca aware that they were not headg for profesr cgonagall39s office, but for dubledore39s, and another few sends before he realized that of urse, she had been deputy headistress, apparently she was now headistress the roo behd the gargoyle was now hers
silence they ascended the ovg spiral staircase and entered the circur office he did not know what he had expected: that the roo would be draped bck, perhaps, or even that dubledore39s body ight be lyg there fact, it looked alost exactly as it had done when he and dubledore had left it re hours previoly: the silver strunts whirrg and puffg on their spdle ed tables, gryffdor39s sword its gss case gleag the oonlight, the rtg hat on a shelf behd the desk, the fawkes39s perch stood epty, he was still cryg his nt to the grounds and a new portrait had joed the ranks of the dead headasters and headistresses of hogwarts: dubledore was sberg a golden fra over the desk, his half-oon spectacle perched upon his crooked nose, lookg peaceful and untroubled
after gncg once at this portrait, profesr cgonagall ade an odd ovent as though steelg herself, then rounded the39 desk to look at harry, her face taut and led
”harry,” she said, ”i would like to know what you and profesr dubledore were dog this eveng when you left the school”
”i can39t tell you that, profesr,” said harry he had expected the estion and had his answer ready it had been here, this very roo, that dubledore had told hi that he was to nfide the ntents of their lesns to nobody but ron and herione
”harry, it ight be iportant,” said profesr cgonagall
”it is,” said harry, ”very, but he didn39t want to tell anyone”
profesr cgonagall gred at hi ”potter” - harry registered the renewed e of his surn