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the lesson began, picturing horrific things happening to him. . . . If only he knew how to do the Cruciatus Curse . . . hed have Snape flat on his back like that spider, jerking and t canada goose parka fur witching. . . . Antidotes! said Snape, looking around at them all, his cold black eyes glittering unpleasantly. You should all have prepared THE WEIGHING OF THE WANDS .. 301 .. your recipes now. I want you to brew them carefully, and the canada goose parka fur n, we will be selecting someone on whom to test one. . . . Snapes eyes met Harrys, and Harry knew what was coming. Snape was going to poison him. Harry imagined picking up his cauldron, and sprinting to the front of the class, and bringing it down on Snapes greasy head And then a knock on the dungeon door burst in on Harrys thoughts. It was Colin Creevey; he edged into the
waited, every fiber of him hoping, pra canada goose parka fur ying. . . . If it hadnt worked . . . if it wasnt coming . . . He seemed to be looking at everything around him through some sort of shimmering, transparent barrier, like a heat haze, which made the enclosure and the hundreds of faces around him swim strangely. . . . CHAPTER TWENTY .. 354 .. And then he heard it, speeding through the air behind him; he turned and saw his Firebolt hurtling toward him around the edge of the woods, soaring into the enclosure, and stopping dead in midair beside him, waiting for him to mount. The crowd was making even more noise. . . . Bagman was shouting something . . . canada goose parka fur but Harrys ears were not working properly anymore . . . listening wasnt important. . . . He swung his leg over the broom and kicked off from the ground. And
sir, we is already making Christmas dinner in the kitchens! said Dobby, and he hurried out of the dormitory, waving good-bye to Ron and the others as he passed. Harrys other presents were much more satisfactory than Dobbys odd socks with the obvious exception of the Dursleys, which consisted of a single tissue, an all-time low Harry supposed they too were remembering the Ton-Tongue Toffee. Hermione had given Harry a bo canada goose parka fur ok called Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland; Ron, a bulging bag of canada goose parka fur Dungbombs; Sirius, a handy penknife with attachments to unlock any lock and undo any knot; and Hagrid, a vast box of sweets including all Harrys favorites: Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, and Fizzing Whizbees. There was also, of course, Mrs. Weasleys usual
more underwater renditions of the eggs song before Harry had it memorized; then he trod water for a while, thinking hard, while Myrtle sat and watched him. Ive got to go and look for people who cant use their voices above the ground. . . . he said slowly. Er . . . who could that be? Slow, arent you? He had never seen Moaning Myrtle so cheerful, apart from the day when a dose of Polyjuice Potion had given Hermione the hairy canada goose parka fur face and tail of a cat. Harry stared around the bathroom, thinking . . . if the voices co canada goose parka fur uld only be heard underwater, then it made sense for them to belong to underwater creatures. He ran this theory past Myrtle, who smirked at him. Well, thats what Diggory thought, she said. He lay there CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE .. 464 .. talking to himself for ages about it. Ages and ages . . .
the inside of his black robes. For one wild moment, Harry thought Snape was about to pull out his wand and curse him then he saw that Snape had drawn out a small crystal bottle of a completely clear potion. Harry stared at it. Do you know what this is, Potter? Snape said, his eyes glittering dangerously again. No, said Harry, with complete honesty this time. It is Veritaserum a Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would have you spilling your innermost secrets fo canada goose parka fur r this entire class to hear, said Snape viciously. Now, the use of this potion is controlled by very strict Ministry guidelines. But unless you watch your step, you might just find that my hand slips he shook the crystal bottle slightly r canada goose parka fur ight over your evening pumpkin juice. And then, Potter . . . then well find out
his hip flask, and his magical eye swiveled onto the window. The topmost sail of the Durmstrang ship was visible through it. You two, counseled Moody, his normal eye on Ron and Hermione, you stick close to Potter, all right? Im keeping an eye on things, but all the same . . . you can never have too many eyes out. * * * CHAPTER T canada goose parka fur WENTY-NINE .. 572 .. Sirius sent their owl back the very next morning. It fluttered down beside Harry at the same moment that a tawny owl landed in front of Hermione, clutching a copy of the Daily Prophet in its beak. She took the newspaper, scanned the first few pages, said, Ha! She hasnt got wind of Crouch! then joined Ron and Harry in rea canada goose parka fur ding what Sirius had to say on the mysterious events of the night before last. Harry what do you think you are playing at,
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