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  a - ” the light of profesr dubledore39s death, i thk you t see that the situation has chand what -”
  ”i don39t thk ,” said harry, g ”profesr dubledore never told to s follog his orders if he died” but -
  ”there39s one thg you should know before the istry ts here, though ada rosrta39s under the iperi curse, she was helpg alfoy and the death eaters, that39s how the neckce and the poined ad -”
  ”rosrta?” said profesr cgonagall creduloly, but before she uld go on, there was a knock on the door behd the and profesrs sprout, fliick, and sghorn traipsed to the roo, followed by hagrid, who was still weepg pioly, his hu fra treblg with grief
  ”snape!” ejacuted sghorn, who looked the ost shaken, pale and sweatg ”snape! i taught hi! i thought i knew hi!”
  but before any of the uld respond to this, a sharp voice spoke fro high on the wall: a sallow-faced wizard with a short bck fr had jt walked back to his epty canvas ”erva, the ister will be here with sends, he has jt disapparated fro the istry”
  ”thank you, everard,” said profesr cgonagall, and she turned ickly to her teachers
  ”i want to talk about what happens to hogwarts before he ts here,” she said ickly ”pernally, i a not nvced that the school should reopen next year the death of the headaster at the hands of one of our lleagues is a terrible sta upon hogwarts39s history it is horrible”
  ”i a sure dubledore would have wanted the school to rea open,” said profesr sprout ”i feel that if a sgle pupil wants to e, then the school ought to rea open for that pupil”
  ”but will we have a sgle pupil after this?” said sghorn, now dabbg his sweatg
  ow with a silken handkerchief ”parents will want to keep their children at ho and i can39t say i b the pernally, i don39t thk we39re ore danr at hogwarts than we are anywhere else, but you can39t expect others to thk like that they39ll want to keep their failies tother, it39s only natural”
  ”i agree,” said profesr cgonagall ”and any case, it is not true to say that dubledore never envisad a situation which hogwarts ight close when the chaber of secrets reopened he nsidered the closure of the school - and i t say that profesr dubledore39s urder is ore disturbg to than the idea of slyther39s onster livg undetected the bowels of the castle  ”
  ”we t nsult the governors,” said profesr fliick his seaky little voice he had a r
  uise on his forehead but seed otherwise unscathed by his lpse snape39s office ”we t follow the established procedures a decision should not be ade hastily”
  ”hagrid, you haven39t said anythg,” said profesr cgonagall ”what are your views, ought hogwarts to rea open?”
  hagrid, who had been weepg silently to his r, spotted handkerchief throughout this nversation, now raised puffy red eyes and croaked, ”i dunno, profesr  that39s fer the heads of hoe an the headistress ter decide ”
  ”profesr dubledore always vaed your views,” said profesr cgonagall kdly, ”and do i”
  ”well, i39 stay,” said hagrid, fat tears still leakg out of the rners of his eyes and tricklg down to his tangled beard ”it39s ho, it39s b ho sce i was thirteen an39 if there39s kids who wan39 ter teach 39e, i39ll do it but i dunno hogwarts without dubledore ” he gulped and disappeared behd his handkerchief once ore, and there was silence
  ”very well,” said profesr cgonagall, gncg out of the dow at the grounds, checkg to see whether the ister was yet approachg, ”then i t agree with fili that the right thg to do is to nsult the governors, who will ake the fal decision
  ”now, as to ttg students ho  there is an argunt for dog it oner rather than ter we uld arran for the hogwarts express to e toorrow if necessary -”
  ”what about dubledore39s funeral?” said harry, speakg at st
  ”well ” said profesr cgonagall, losg a little of her
  iskness as her voice shook ”i - i know that it was dubledore39s wish to be id to rest here, at hogwarts -”
  ”then that39s what39ll happen, isn39t it?” said harry fiercely
  ”if the istry thks it appropriate,” said profesr cgonagall