harry.txt

there with their eyes wide cold as    still in    their dinner
the police were and the    whole of little hangleton had    with
   curiosity and nobody    wasted their    breath pretending to feel
about the for they had    been most elderly and riddle    had    been
   and and their    had if all    the villagers
cared    about was the identity    of    their murderer three did
not all    drop    dead of natural    causes    on the same
the hanged the village did a roaring trade    that the whole to
have    turned out to discuss    the they were rewarded    for their
   cook    arrived dramatically in their midst and    announced to a
   man    called    frank bryce had just been
cried several
frank bryce was the    he lived alone    in a cottage on the    of
the riddle frank    had come back    from the war with    a very
crowds and loud and    had been working for the riddles ever
there was a rush to buy the cook drinks and hear more
thought he    was she told the    eagerly listening    after her
sure if offered him a    cuppa offered it    a hundred    never
wanted to he
said a woman at the had a hard he likes the quiet
no reason    to
else had    a    key to the back barked the been a    spare key
hanging in the cottage far back as    i can    nobody    forced    the
no broken all frank had to do was creep up    to    the big    house

   the    villagers    exchanged    dark
always thought    that he had    a nasty look about    right grunted
turned him if you ask said the
you i    like to get on the wrong    side of said an excited
woman in    the
   said nodding when he was a
by the following hardly anyone in little hangleton doubted that
killed the
but over    in the neighboring town of great in the dark and
frank was stubbornly again    and that    he was and    that the
he    had seen near the    house on    the day of the deaths had    a
   and    nobody else in the village had seen any such    and
sure frank had invented
just when things    were looking very serious for the report    on
came back    and changed
the police had never read an odder a team of doctors had the
concluded    that none    of the riddles had been or
far as they could    harmed at in    fact    report in    a tone
the riddles all appeared    to be in perfet health    from the fact
all the doctors did note though determined to find something wrong
that each of the    riddles had a    look of terror upon his    or
   whoever    heard    of three    people being    frightened to
as there was no proof    that the riddles had been murdered at    to
   frank the riddles    were    buried in the    little hangleton
   objects of curiosity    for a to and amid a cloud of
bryce    returned    to    his cottage    on the    grounds of    the
far as he killed and i care what    the police    said dot in the
hanged if    he had any leave knowing as    how we knows he did
   but frank did not he stayed    to tend the garden for    the
riddle and    then the next    neither family stayed perhaps    it
frank that the new owners said there was a    nasty feeling
started to fall into
the wealthy man who owned the riddle house these days neither
they said in the village that he    kept it for though nobody
   these might    the wealthy owner continued to    pay frank to do
was nearing    his    seventh birthday    very his bad leg stiffer
be    seen pottering    around    the flower beds    in fine even    though
   creep up on try    as he might to suppress
weeds were not    the    only things    frank had to    contend with
   a habit    of throwing stones through the windows of the riddle
   over the    lawns frank worked so hard    to keep once or they
   house for a they knew that old devotion    to the    house
almost to an    and it    amused them    to    see him limping the
   stick and yelling croakily at    for his believed the    boys
like their parents    and though him a so when    frank awoke
   in august and    saw something very odd    up at the old he    the
gone one step further in their attempts to punish
it was bad leg that woke it    was paining him worse than ever
up and limped downstairs into the    kitchen with the idea of his
stiffness in his standing    at    the    filling the he looked    up
   saw lights    glimmering    in its upper    frank knew    at once
   had broken into the house and judging by the    flickering    quality
started a
frank    had no in any he had deeply    mistrusted the police
taken him    in    for    questioning about the    he    put down    the
   back upstairs    as fast    as his bad leg would and    was soon
and    removing a rusty old key from its hook by the he picked
was propped    against the and set off into the
   the front door of the riddle house bore    no sign of being    of
frank limped around to the back    of the house until he    reached
by took out the    old put it into the and opened the door
he    let    himself into    the cavernous frank had not entered
although    it    was very he    remembered where the door into
   groped his way towards his    nostrils full    of    the smell of
footsteps or voices from he reached    the which was a little
large    mullioned windows on either side of    the front and to
the dust that lay thick    upon the    because it    muffled    the
on    the frank    turned and saw at once    where the intruders
of the passage    a door stood and a flickering light shone    through
   of gold across the black frank edged closer    and    he was
the    room
the he    now had been    lit    in the this surprised    then
and listened for a voice spoke within the it    sounded timid
is a little more in    the my if you    are still
said a second this    too belonged to a man it was    strangely
and cold as a    sudden blast of icy something about that on
back of neck    stand me closer to the
   frank turned his right ear    toward the    the    better    to came
being put down    upon some hard and    then the dull scraping noise a
dragged across    the frank caught    a glimpse of a small his to
chair into    he    was wearing    a long black    and    there    was
then he    went out of sight
is said the cold
my said the first voice    set out to explore the i

will    milk her    before    we said the    second will    need
   the the    journey has tired me
   brow    frank inclined his good    ear    still closer to the
   was a and then the man called wormtail spoke
may i ask how long we are going to stay
   said    the cold    the place is moderately and    the
plan cannot proceed it would be foolish to act before the
frank inserted    a gnarled    finger into his ear and    rotated
   he had heard the word    which was not a word at
quidditch world my said dug    his finger    still more
vigorously into his    but    do    not understand should we wait the
   world cup is
at this very moment wizards    are pouring    into the country
and every meddler from the ministry of    magic will be    on    on
ususual checking and they will be obsessed with
lest the    muggles notice so we
frank stopped trying to    clear out his he had distinctly heard
and each of these expressions meant something
and frank could think of only    two    sorts of    people    who
   frank tightened his hold on his walking stick once and more
lordship is    still wormtail    said
i am there    was a note of menace in the cold voice
a slight    pause followed the wormtail the words tumbling    from him
   though he was forcing himself to say this before he lost
could be    done without harry my
another more and    then
   harry breathed    the second    voice
i do not say this out    of concern for the said his voice
   boy is nothing    to nothing    at it is    merely that if we were
witch    or wizard wizard thing could be done so much more if
to leave you for a short while know that i can disguise myself
back here    in    as little as two days with a suitable person
could use    another said    the cold voice is
it makes    said    sounding    thoroughly relieved hands
on harry potter would be    so he is    so    well protected
so    you volunteer to go    and fetch    me a    i perhaps    the
me has become wearisome for    could    this suggestion of the be
nothing more    than an    attempt to desert
i have no wish    to    leave none    at all
   not lie to hissed    the second    can always you are regretting
   that you ever returned    to i    revolt i see    you    flinch
when you    touch
   my devotion to your lordship
devotion    is nothing more than you would    not    be    here if
else to how    am i to survive    without when    i need feeding few

   you    seem    so much my lord
breathed the    second am no and a few days alone would be to
rob    me of the little health i    have regained under your
who had    been    sputtering    fell silent at for    a few frank
could hear nothing but    the fire the the second man spoke once    in
was almost a
   have    my reasons    for using the as    i have already to and
i have waited thirteen a few    more months will make    no as
protection surrounding the i believe my plan will be all that a
courage from wormtail you    will unless you    wish to feel the
   lord wrath
i must said panic    in his voice through our journey    i
have gone over the    plan in my head bertha disappearance    not
   unnoticed for and    if we if i murder
whispered    the second    if you follow the the    ministry need
never know    that anyone else    has you will do    it quietly i
could    do it    but    in my present one    more death and our
to harry    potter is i    am not    asking you    to do it    by
have rejoined us
am    a    faithful    said the    merest    trace of sullenness in
i need somebody with    somebody whose loyalty    has never and
fulfill neither
   found said and there was definitely a    sulky edge    to his
the one who    found    i    brought you    bertha
   is    said the second sounding    stroke of brilliance i would
thought possible from wormtail if truth    be you were not    aware
she would be when    you caught were
thought    she might    be my lord
said the second    voice the cruel amusement more pronounced than
i do not deny that    her information    was    without i could
formed our    and for    you    will have your i will    allow you
an essential task for one    that many of my followers    would

my    what wormtail sounded terrified
you    want me to spoil the your part will    come at the
but i    promise    you    will have the    honor of being    just    as
voice    suddenly    sounded as though his mouth had gone very
are to kill me
said the cold voice would    i kill i killed bertha
because i had she was fit for nothing    after    my quite in
awkward questions    would    have    been    asked if    she had gone
that she had met you    on    her wizards who are supposed to
run into ministry of magic    witches at    wayside
wormtail    muttered something so quietly that    frank could not
man laugh    entirely    mirthless cold as his
could have modified her but    memory charms    can    be    broken
as i proved when i    questioned it would be    an insult to her
information i extracted from
out    in    the frank suddenly became    aware that the hand his
   slippery    with the man    with the cold    voice had    killed
   without any kind    of remorse he was dangerous    and he was
planning    more    murders harry    whoever    he was    in danger
frank knew what    he    must if    was the time to    go to the
out of the house and head    straight for the telephone    box
speaking    and frank    remained where he frozen    to    the with
   more my faithful    servant at harry potter    is    as good as
it    is there will be no more    but i think i hear
and the    second voice he started making    noises such    as frank
   he    was hissing and spitting without drawing frank thought    he
some sort of fit or
   and then frank heard movement behind him in the    dark he to
   found himself paralyzed with
something was slithering    toward him along the    dark corridor
sliver of    he realized with a thrill of terror that it was a
frank stared as its undulating body    cut    a curving track
the    thick dust on the    coming closer and closer was he to    the
   escape was into the    room where the two men sat plotting    yet
the    snake would    surely kill him
but    before he    had made his the snake was level    with and
it    was it was following the hissing noises made by    the
beyond the    and    in    the tip    of its tail    had vanished

there    was sweat on    forehead and the hand    on the    walking
inside the the cold    voice was continuing to and frank was
impossible this man could talk to
   frank understand what was going he wanted more than anything to
bed with his the problem was    that his legs seem to want to
stood there shaking and    trying to master the    cold voice to

has interesting it
my    said
   said the    to there is an    old    muggle standing right
outside this listening    to    every word    we
frank have a chance to hide there were footsteps and    then the
   was    flung wide
a balding man with    graying a    pointed and    watery    eyes stood
a    mixture    of fear    and alarm in his
him where are your
the cold voice    was coming from the ancient armchair before the
the    the    on    the other was curled up on the rotting hearth
   horrible travesty    of a    pet
wormtail    beckoned frank    into the though still deeply frank
on his walking stick and limped over    the
the    fire was    the    only source of light in the it    cast    upon
frank stared at the back    of the    the man inside it seemed to
for frank even see    the back of    his
heard said the cold
that calling said frank for    now that he was inside the
now that the time had come for some    sort    of    he felt

am calling    you    a said the voice means that you    are not    a
know what you    mean by said his voice    growing i know
is    heard    enough to interest the police i done murder    and
planning    and    tell    youthis he on    a sudden wife knows
   up and if i come back
have    no said te cold    very    knows you are    you told
   nobody that you were    do not lie to lord for    he he    always

that said frank    is    i think    much    of your my
turn and face me like a why
i am not a said    the cold barely audible    now over    the of
   the    am much more than    a    why i will face
come    turn my chair
the    servant gave a
heard
with his face    screwed as though he would rather have done    than
his master and the hearth rug where the snake the small man    and
turn the the snake lifted its    ugly triangular    head and    hissed
snagged on its
and then the chair was facing and    he saw what was sitting in
to the floor with a he opened his mouth and    let out a
   that he never    heard the words the thing in the    chair as
green    a rushing and frank bryce he    was    dead before he hit
   two hundred    miles the boy called    harry potter woke with a
   chapter two
   the scar
harry    lay flat on his breathing hard    as though    he had been
a vivid dream with his hands pressed over his the old scar
shaped like    a bolt of was burning    beneath    his    fingers    as
pressed    a wire to his
he sat one    hand still on his    the other hand    reaching
which were    on    the    bedside    he    put them on and his bedroom
a misty orange    light    that    was filtering through the the

harry ran    his fingers over    the scar it was still    he turned
scrambled out of crossed the opened his and peered    into the
   inside of the a skinny    boy of fourteen    looked back at    his
under his untidy black he examined the scar of his reflection
   looked    but it was still
harry tried to recall what he had been dreaming about before
there had been    two people    he knew and one he concentrated
trying to
the    dim    picture of a    darkened room came to there had    been a
small    man called nicknamed and a high the voice of lord
harry felt as though    an ice cube    had slipped    down into    his
he    closed his eyes tightly and tried to remember what had    but
all harry    knew    was that at the moment    when chair had
   and had seen what was sitting in he had felt a spasm    of
or had that been the pain in his
and who had    the old    man for there had definitely been
him fall    to the    it was all becoming harry put    his face
out    his trying to hold on to the picture    of that dimly lit
keep water in his    cupped the details    were now trickling as
   to    voldemort and wormtail    had been    talking    about someone
   ry could    not remember    the and    they    had been plotting
harry    took his face out of his opened his and stared around his
expecting to see    something unusual as it there    was an number
unusual    things in    this    a large wooden trunk    stood open a
black and assorted rolls of parchment    littered    that    part
of his desk that was    not taken up by the empty    cage in    which
usually on    the floor beside his    bed a book lay harry had
fell asleep last    the pictures in    this    book were    all men
zooming in and out of sight on    throwing a    red    ball to
   harry walked    over to the picked it and watched on    of the    a
   goal by putting the ball through a then he snapped the    book
quidditch    the best sport    in    the world distract him    at
he placed    flying with    the cannons on his bedside crossed    to
the curtains to survey    the street
privet drive looked    exactly as a respectable suburban street
early    hours of saturday    all the    curtains    were as    far
the there a living creature in not    even    a
and and harry went restlessly back to the bed and sat down on
over his scar it the    pain that bothered harry was no stranger
he had    lost    all the bones from his right arm once    and had
   same arm had    been pierced by a venemous fang not    long    only
ry    had    fallen    fifty feet from an airborn he was used    to
they were unavoidable if you attended hogwarts school    of and and
knack for attracting    a lot of
the    thing that was    bothering harry was    the last time his
cause    voldemort    had been close but voldemort be    the idea
   mort lurking in    privet drive was
   harry listened closely to the silence around    was he    half
   stair or the swish of a    and then he jumped    slightly as
   tremendous grunting snore    from the next
harry shook    himself    he    was being there was no one in    the
except    uncle aunt and and they were plainly still    their dreams
untroubled and
   asleep    was the    way harry liked the dursleys it as though any
to    him    uncle    aunt and dudley    were    only living they
were muggles who hated and despised magic in any which meant
   welcome in    their    house    as dry they    had    explained away
over the    last three years    by    telling everyone that he went
   bly criminal they knew perfectly well as    an underage    harry
to use magic outside but    they were still apt    to    blame    him
about    the harry had never been able to confide    in    them
in the wizarding the very idea of    going to    them    when they
his scar hurting    and    about his worries about was
and yet it    was because    of voldemort    that    harry had to
   if it been for harry would    not have had the    lightning on
if it    been    for harry would    still have had
   harry    had been a    year old the night that    voldemort    for
a wizard who had    been    gaining    power steadily    for eleven
killed    his father and voldemort had then turned his wand
curse that had    disposed of many witches    and wizards in his to
it had    not instead of killing the    small the curse had    upon
harry had survived with nothing but a shaped cut    on his    and
   demort had    been reduced to something barely his powers his
voldemort had the terror in which the    secret community of and
had lived for so long    had    followers had and harry potter had
come
   it had been enough of    a shock    for harry to on his    that
it    had been    even more disconcerting    to find out that in
   world knew    his harry    had arrived    at hogwarts to find that
lowed him    wherever he but he was    used to it at the end
   starting his    fourth year at and    harry was    already the
back at the castle
but there    was still a fortnight to go before he went back to
around    his room and his eye paused on the birthday cards
at the    end of what    would they say if harry wrote to

at    hermione voice seemed to fill    his shrill and
scar really    write to professor    and go and
   check common magical ailments and maybe something in there about

that would be go straight    to the headmaster    of and in the
   consult a harry    stared    out of the window at the inky
very much whether a book could help him as far as    he he was
   to have    survived a curse    like it was highly that he    would
symptoms listed in common    magical ailments and as for informing
   harry had    no idea where    dumbledore went during the summer
   picturing    with his long    silver full length and    pointed
stretched out    on a beach rubbing    suntan lotion    onto his
rever dumbledore harry was sure that hedwig would be able to
owl had never    yet failed to deliver a letter to even without

dear    professor sorry to bother but my    scar hurt    this yours
   harry
even inside    his    head    the words    sounded
and so he    tried    to imagine his other best ron    and in    a
red    hair and    freckled    face seemed    to swim    before a

scar but be near    you can i mean
be trying to do    you    in i maybe curse
   scars always twinge a    ask
   weasley    was a fully qualified wizard who worked in the misuse
fice    at the    ministry of but    he have    any    particular in
far as harry    in any harry like the idea of    the whole
that    was getting jumpy about a few weasley    would fuss worse
   than and fred and twin might    think    harry was
losing his the weasleys    were favorite family    in the    he was
might invite    him to    stay    any time    now had mentioned the
and he    somehow want his visit punctuated with anxious inquiries
harry kneaded his    forehead with his what he    really wanted it
shameful to admit    it    to was someone    like like a an
advice he could ask without feeling someone who cared about    who
rience    with    dark
and    then the    solution    came    to    it was so    and so    that
had taken so    long
harry    leapt    up from the hurried    across    the and sat at
piece of    parchment    toward loaded    his quill with wrote    dear
wondering    how best    to phrase his still marveling at    the
   thought of sirius    straight    but    perhaps it    so surprising
found out    that sirius was his    godfather    two months
there was a simple    reason for complete absence from life    then
had been    in the terrifying wizard    jail guarded by    called
   fiends who had come to    search for sirius    at hogwarts when he
rius had been innocent murders for which    he had been had
whom nearly everybody now    believed and
hermione    knew they had    come    with wormtail only the
though only professor dumbledore had believed their
   for    one    glorious harry    had believed    that he    was the at
rius had offered him a    home once his name    had been but the
   away from him    had    escaped before    they could take him
sirius had    had    to flee for    his    harry had helped    him on
and    since    sirius had been on the the    home harry might if
   tail had not escaped    had    been haunting him all it
dursleys    knowing    that he had so    nearly escaped them
   sirius had been of some help to even if    he    be with it
   due to sirius    that harry    now had all his    school things
never allowed this their general wish of keeping harry as as
with their fear    of his    had led    them to lock his school    in
stairs every summer prior to but their attitude had    changed
harry had a    dangerous murderer for a godfather harry had to
   them that sirius was
harry    had received two    letters from sirius since he had    at
been not by owls was usual with but    by brightly    colored
hedwig    had not approved    of these flashy    she    had been
them to drink from    her water tray before    flying off on    the
they put    him in mind of    palm trees and white and he    was
never in case the letters were    he was enjoying    harry
found it hard to    imaging dementors surviving for long in that
sirius    had gone which were    now    hidden    beneath the highly
floorboards under sounded    and    in    both of them he had    harry
call on him    if ever    harry needed he needed to right all
lamp    seemed to grow dimmer as the cold gray light    that
into    the    when the sun had when his bedroom walls had    turned
when sounds of movement    could    be heard    from uncle vernon
cleared his desk of    crumpled pieces of parchment and reread his
   dear
thanks    for    your last that bird was it could    hardly    get
things    are the    same as usual diet going    too my aunt
gling doughnuts into    his    room they told him have to cut his
   keeps doing    so he    got really angry and chucked his    out
of    computer    thing you can play games    bit    stupid now he
mutilation    part three to    take his    mind off
mainly because the dursleys are terrified you might    turn    up
bats if i ask you
a weird thing    happened this my scar hurt last time    that it
   was because    voldemort    was at but i    reckon he    can be
can do you know if curse scars    sometimes hurt years
send this with hedwig when she    gets    off hunting at the say
buckbeak    for harry
   thought    that looked all there was    no point putting in the
want    it to look    as though    he was too he folded    up the
ready for when hedwig then he got to    his and opened his
drobe once without glancing at    his reflection    he started to
to
chapter    three
   the    invitation

by the time harry arrived in    the    the three dursleys were
   none    of them looked up    as he entered or sat    uncle
behind the daily and aunt petunia was    cutting    a grapefruit
pursed over her    horselike
dudley looked furious    and    and    somehow seemed    to be taking
this    was saying as    he always took    up    an entire    side
when aunt petunia put a quarter of    unsweetened grapefruit a
mulous    you diddy dudley    glowered at his life    had    taken
pleasant turn since he had come home    for the    summer with
uncle vernon and aunt petunia had    managed to    find excuses
petunia always insisted that dudley was a very gifted boy whose
while uncle    vernon maintained    that want some    swotty    little
they also skated    over    the    accusations of bullying in the a
but he hurt a aunt    petunia had    said
at the bottom of the report there were a few comments    from
nurse that not even uncle    vernon and aunt    petunia could no
aunt petunia wailed    that dudley was and that his poundage
that    he was    a    growing boy who needed    plenty of the
stock    knickerbockers big enough for him the    school    nurse
eyes    sharp when it came    to spotting fingerprints    on her
serving the comings and goings of    the neighbors refused    to that
extra dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of    a young
so    many after arguments that shook bedroom and many tears
   from aunt petunia    new regime had the diet sheet that    had
ings school nurse had    been taped to the    which had    been of
things    drinks and chocolate bars and burgers and filled    with
tables and the sorts    of things that uncle vernon called to
about it    aunt    petunia had insisted that    the whole    family
grapefruit quarter    to he noticed that    it was a lot    smaller
seemed to feet that the    best way to    keep up    morale    was
get    more    to eat than
but    aunt petunia know what was hidden under the    loose she
idea that    harry was not following the diet at the moment he
   was expected to survive the summer on carrot harry had sent to
pleas for and they    had risen to the occasion hedwig had    from
   house    with a large box stuffed full    of parents were
the    hogwarts had obliged with    a sack full    of    his own
touched he    had    had too much experience of
had sent    the family with an enormous    fruitcake    and meat
poor who    was elderly    and    had needed a full five days to the
and then    on birthday the dursleys    had completely he had
ceived    four superb birthday    one each from and harry still
had    two of them and looking    forward to a    real breakfast
his grapefruit without
uncle    vernon laid aside his paper with a deep sniff of and
grapefruit
   this    he said grumpily to aunt
   aunt petunia gave him a severe and then nodded pointedly at
finished his own grapefruit quarter and was    eyeing with a

tie
   uncle vernon    gave a great    which ruffled his    bushy and up

the doorbell uncle vernon heaved himself out of his    chair    and
quick    as    a while his    mother was occupied    with the of

harry    heard talking at    the    and someone    and    uncle vernon
then the    front door    and the sound of ripping    paper came
aunt petunia set the teapot    down on the table and looked to
vernon    had got    she have to wait    long to    find after a
   looked
he barked at the living
   wondering what on earth    he was supposed to have done this
   and followed    uncle vernon    out of    the kitchen    and into
door sharply    behind    both of
he marching over    to the fireplace and turning    to face harry
to pronounce    him    under
harry would have dearly loved to have    but he feel that uncle
temper should be tested this    early in    the especially when
strain from lack    of    he therefore settled for looking
just said uncle he brandished    a piece of purple writing paper
about
   confusion    who would be writing to uncle vernon about who
   know who sent letters by the
   uncle vernon glared at then looked down    at the    letter    and
dear and
   we have never been but i    am sure    you have heard a deal
my son
as harry    might have told    the final of the quidditch world
and my    has just    managed to    get    prime tickets through
the department    of    magical    games and
i do    hope    you will allow us to    take harry    to the as    a
britain hosted    the cup    for thirty    and tickets are    extremely
   we would of course be glad to have harry stay for the    of
   see him    safely onto the train back to
it would    be best for harry to send    us your answer as quickly
because the    muggle postman has never    delivered to our and i am
   where it
   hoping    to see    harry
   yours
molly weasley
i do hope put    enough    stamps
uncle vernon finished put his hand back    into his    breast and out
thing
at he
he    held up the envelope    in which letter had and    harry    had
a every    bit    of    it was covered    in    stamps except for a    on

weasley    had squeezed the address in minute
did put    enough stamps said    trying to sound as though
was    a mistake anyone could his eyes
postman he said through gritted    interested to    know where
ter came he why he rang the seemed to    think it was
harry    say other people might    not understand    why uncle vernon
   a fuss about too many but harry    had lived with    the    too
   touchy they were about anything even slightly out of the
someone    would    find out    that    they were    connected with like

uncle vernon was still    glaring at    who tried to    keep his if
   do    or    say    anything he might    just be in for    the    treat
non to    say    but he merely continued    to    harry    decided to
i    go    he
a slight spasm crossed    uncle large purple    the mustache
he knew what was going on behind    the a furious battle as two
fundamental instincts came into allowing harry to go would
thing    uncle    vernon had struggled against for    thirteen on
disappear    to    the for the rest of the summer would get rid
anyone could have and uncle vernon    hated having    harry in
   thinking it he looked down at letter
is this he staring at the signature with
   seen said    my    friend she was    meeting him off the
hog    the school    train at the    end of    last
he had    almost said and that was a sure way    to    get    his
nobody ever mentioned the name of school aloud    in the dursley
uncle vernon screwed    up his    enormous face    as though to

sort of he growled of children with red
   harry he thought it was a    bit    rich of    uncle vernon    to
own had finally achieved what been threatening to do since the age
   and become    wider than he was
   uncle vernon was perusing the letter
he muttered under his is    this
harry felt a second stab of
a    he said    on
all said uncle vernon    harry with    some that    his
cle looked    vaguely apparently his    nerves    stand the sound of
in his    living he took refuge in    perusing the letter harry
words us your    answer the normal    he
   does she normal he
   for said and before    his uncle could stop he owl
   normal for
uncle vernon looked    as outraged as if harry had just    uttered
with he shot    a nervous look through the as though expecting
neighbors with their ears    pressed against    the
many times do i have to tell    you not to mention    that under
his face now    a    rich    plum stand in    the clothes petunia and
your ungrateful back
after dudley finished with said harry and he was dressed    in

sweatshirt    so large    for him that    he had    had    to roll so
   use his    and which fell past    the    knees    of his baggy
will not be spoken to    like said    uncle trembling with
   but harry going    to stand for gone were the days    when he to
every single one of the    stupid he following and he
going to let uncle vernon stop    him from going to the world
harry    took a    steadying    breath and then i see the world can i
only got a    letter to sirius    i want to    you know
he had done he    had said the magic now he watched the purple from
uncle    making it look like badly mixed black currant ice
writing to    are said uncle in    a calm    voice
   harry    had seen the pupils of    his tiny eyes contract with
said been    a    while since he    heard from you
if he he might start thinking
   he stopped there to enjoy the effect of these    he could almost
   der    uncle neatly parted if he tried to    stop harry    writing
   rius would think    harry was being if he told harry he go
world harry would    write    and tell who would know    harry was
there was only    one    thing for    uncle vernon to    harry see
mind as though the great mustached face were harry    tried to
keep his own    face as blank as and then
   all right you can go to this ruddy stupid world cup you write
and tell these weasleys to pick you    i got time    to go
you    off all over    the    and    you    can    spend the rest of
your godfather    him    him
said harry
he    turned and walked toward the    living room fighting the to
he    was going was going    to the he    was    going to    watch
world
outside in the    hall he nearly ran    into who had been the
hoping to    overhear harry being told    he looked    shocked to
   was    an    excellent    said feel really
laughing    at the astonished    look    on harry    took the stairs a
hurled    himself back into    his
the first thing he saw was that hedwig    was    she was    sitting
with her enormous amber    and clicking her    beak in the way
about exactly    what was    annoying her became    apparent almost
said harry as what appeared to be a feathery tennis ball
the side of his harry massaged the spot looking    up    to
saw a    minute small enough to fit into the    palm of his the
   room    like a loose harry then realized that the owl    had a at
bent recognized then    tore open    the    inside was a hastily
scribbled
harry got the    tickets versus    monday writing
to the muggles    to ask you to    they might already have    the
muggle post thought send this with    pig
harry stared at    the    word then    looked up    at the tiny owl
   fixture    on the he had never    seen    anything that looked    a

read he went back to    the
coming for you whether the muggles    like it or    you    miss
   mum and dad reckon better if we pretend    to    ask    their
pig back with your answer and come and get you at five    on
   say send pig back pronto    and    come and    get you    at five on
arriving this started work department of international
magical mention anything about abroad while    here unless    you
the pants bored off
see you soon
harry said    as the    small    owl    flew low over    his madly
harry could    only assume was pride at having delivered    the    to
i need    you to take my    answer
   the owl    fluttered down    on    top of    hedwig looked    coldly
   ing it    to    try and come    any
harry    seized his    quill once grabbed a fresh    piece of and
   all the muggles say    i can see you five
ry
he folded this note up    very and with immense tied it    to the
hopped on the spot with the moment the    note was the owl
zoomed out of the window and    out of
harry turned to
up    to a long he asked
hedwig hooted in a    dignified sort of a
   you take this    to sirius for he    picking up his on just
finish
he unfolded the parchment and hastily added a
if    you    want to contact    be at    my friend ron for    the
got    us tickets    for    the quidditch world
the    letter he    tied it to she kept unusually    as though
show him how a    real    post    owl should
be at when you get all harry told
   she nipped his finger with    a soft swooshing    spread her
wings    and soared    out    of the open
harry    watched her    out of then crawled under his wrenched    up
and    pulled out    a    large chunk of birthday he sat    there
happiness that was flooding through    he    had and dudley had
was a bright he    would    be    leaving privet drive his scar
normal and he was going to watch    the    quidditch world it was
worried about anything lord
chapter    four
   back to the burrow

by twelve the next school trunk    was    packed    with his and
   his most prized possessions invisibility cloak he    had from
tick    he had gotten    from the    enchanted map of    hogwarts he
george    weasley    last he had emptied his hiding    place the
every nook and    cranny of his bedroom for    forgotten or    and
taken down the chart on    the wall    counting down the days to
   liked to cross off the days    remaining    until    his return
the atmosphere inside number privet    drive was extremely    the at
their house    of an assortment of    wizards was    making the
   vernon had looked downright alarmed when    harry informed him
   riving at five the very next
   hope    you    told them to dress these he snarled    at seen of
   stuff your lot better    have the decency to put on normal
harry felt a slight sense of he had rarely seen    or weasley
   thing that the dursleys would call their children might    don
but and weasley usually wore long robes in varying states of
ry bothered about what the    neighbors would    but    he was how
dursleys    might be to    the    weasleys if    they turned up like
uncle vernon had put on his best    to some this might have a
of but harry    knew it was    because uncle vernon wanted to
   on the other looked somehow this was    not    because the diet
   was at last taking but due to dudley had emerged    from his
   ly grown wizard with a curly    tail poking out of the seat
uncle vernon had had to pay for its removal    at a private in
that dudley    kept running    his hand nervously over his    and
sideways    from room to    so as not to    present    the same
lunch was an almost    silent dudley even    protest at the food
grated aunt    petunia    eating anything    at her arms were her
and    she    seemed to    be chewing her    as though    biting
longed to throw at
be of uncle vernon    barked    across    the
said
he thought of    how were    the weasleys going to pick    him
car    the    old ford anglia they had once owned    was    running
   den forest at but    weasley had borrowed a ministry    of    car
bly he would    do the    same
think said
uncle    vernon snorted    into    his    uncle vernon    would have
weasley    he    tended    to    judge other    men by how big and
   harry    doubted whether    uncle vernon    would have taken to a

harry    spent most of the afternoon in his he    stand    watching
peer out    through    the    net    curtains every few    as though    a
escaped at a quarter to harry    went back downstairs and into

aunt petunia was    compulsively straightening    uncle vernon to
the but his tiny eyes    were not    and harry was sure    he
his might for    the sound of    an approaching dudley was into
   hands beneath    clamped firmly    around his harry take the he
room and went and sat on the stairs in    the his eyes    on

from excitement and
but five came    and then uncle perspiring slightly in his opened
front peered up    and    down the then withdrew his head
he snarled at
   i said or
ten past five a    quarter past five was starting to feel anxious at
   half he heard uncle    vernon and aunt petunia conversing in    in
consideration at
had an
they    think get    invited to dinner    if
   they    most    certainly said uncle and harry heard    him stand up
start pacing the    living take the boy and be no hanging    if
coming at probably    mistaken the i daresay their kind set by
either that or    they    drive    some car    broken
harry    jumped from the other    side of the living room door came
dursleys    across the next moment dudley came flying into the
looking
said    the
but dudley seem able to    hands still clamped over his he as
   fast as he could into the harry hurried into the living
loud hangings and scrapings were coming    from behind the
   which    had a    fake coal fire plugged in    front of
is gasped aunt who    had backed into    the wall    and    was
toward the is
but they were    left in doubt barely a second voices could    be
   blocked
no    go been some kind of    mistake george not to
   no go back quickly and tell
harry can    hear dad    be able to let    us
there was a loud hammering of fists on the boards behind the
can you hear
the dursleys rounded on    harry    like    a    pair of    angry
is growled uncle going
tried to    get    here by floo said    fighting a mad desire to
can travel by fire blocked the fireplace on
he approached the    fireplace and called through the
can you hear
the hammering    somebody inside the chimney piece
harry    fireplace    has    been blocked    you be    able    to get

   said on    earth did they want to    block up    the    fireplace

   got    an electric    harry
   said voice you    with a i
must see    think
voice now joined    the
are we doing    has something gone
came very    this is exactly where    we wanted to
end
having    the time of our lives    said whose voice    sounded

though he was squashed against the
said    weasley trying to think what to    yes
stand
harry retreated to the uncle moved
a he    bellowed at the exactly are you going to

the electric fire    shot across    the room    as the fireplace
   and ron in a cloud of rubble and loose aunt petunia shrieked
   and    fell    backward over the coffee    uncle    vernon    caught
at the    all of    whom    had bright    red    including fred and
   who were identical to the last
panted    brushing    dust    from    his long green robes    and
his must be aunt and
and he    moved toward uncle his hand but uncle
non backed away several    dragging aunt words utterly failed his
best suit    was covered in white which had settled    in his    and
   look as though he had    just    aged    thirty
   about said lowering his hand    and looking over his
der at    the blasted    all my    it    just occur to me that we be
get out at the other i    had your    fireplace connected to the
you so we could get muggle fireplaces supposed to be
strictly speaking    got a    useful contact at    the floo panel
i can    put it right    in a light    a fire to send    the and
i can repair    your fireplace    before i
harry was ready    to bet    that the    dursleys    understood a of
still gaping    at    aunt    petunia    staggered upright again and hid
uncle
said weasley    your trunk
said    grinning
get said fred at winking at he and george left the they knew
where bedroom having once rescued him from it in the dead
pected that fred and    george    were    hoping for a glimpse of
from
   said swinging    his arms while    he tried to find words to
very    nasty nice place got
as the    usually    spotless    living room    was now covered in dust
go down too well with the uncle face    purpled once and aunt
   tunia started chewing her    tongue they seemed too scared to    say

weasley was looking he loved everything    to    do    with    harry
   him    itching to go and examine the    television    and the
run    off do    he said i can    see the i
collect he    added to uncle    got a very large collection of
my wife thinks    but there you
uncle    vernon clearly thought    weasley was mad he moved ever    so
screening aunt petunia from as though he thought weasley might    run
at them and
dudley suddenly    reappeared in the harry could hear the clunk of    on
and knew that the sounds    had scared dudley out of the    dudley    the
gazing at weasley    with terrified and attempted to conceal his

and    uncle while sufficient to hide bony aunt was
nowhere    near enough to    conceal
this is your is said    taking another    brave    stab at making

   said
   he and    ron exchanged glances and then    quickly    looked
to burst out laughing was almost dudley was still clutching
afraid    it might fall seemed genuinely concerned at peculiar
   from    the tone of his voice when he next harry was quite
weasley thought dudley was quite as mad    as the dursleys thought
ley felt    sympathy rather than
a    good he said
   dudley harry saw his hands tighten    still harder over    his
fred    and george came back into    the room carrying school they
as they    entered    and spotted their    faces cracked into    identical
said    get    cracking
he    pushed    up the sleeves of his robes and took out    his
   back against the wall as
   said    pointing his wand at the hole    in    the wall behind
flames rose at    once in    the crackling merrily as though they
   weasley took a small drawstring bag from    his    untied took
powder and threw it onto the which turned emerald    green and

you go said
   said    no    on
a bag    of    sweets had spilled    out of pocket    and    the    were
rection fat toffees in    brightly colored
fred scrambled cramming    them back into his then    gave the a
stepped and walked right    into    the saying aunt    petunia gave
little shuddering there    was a whooshing and fred
said and the
   harry helped george carry the    trunk    forward into    the flames
   could hold it with a second george had    cried and vanished

you said
said ron brightly to the he grinned broadly at then stepped
the    shouted and
now harry and weasley alone
   harry said to the
they say anything at harry    moved toward the but just as he the
the    weasley    put out a    hand and held him he    was looking

said    to he    you hear
harry muttered to i
weasley did not remove    his    hand from
   going    to see your nephew till next he said to uncle vernon
going    to say
   uncle face worked the idea of being taught consideration by
had just blasted    away half    his living room wall seemed    to
   wand was    still in    his and uncle tiny eyes darted    to

   he    very
   said putting one foot    forward into the green    which felt
   like warm at that    a    horrible gagging sound erupted and
aunt petunia    started to
   harry wheeled    dudley    was no    longer standing behind    his
   beside the    coffee    and he was gagging    and sputtering on a
was protruding from his one bewildered second harry    realized
thing was tongue that a brightly colored toffee    wrapper lay

   aunt petunia hurled herself onto    the ground beside seized
and attempted    to wrench it out    of    his dudley yelled and
worse    than trying    to    fight her    uncle vernon was and his
and weasley had to    shout to make    himself
to    i can sort    him    he advancing    on dudley with    his wand
but aunt    petunia screamed worse than ever    and    threw    herself
from
said weasley a simple process    it    was the toffee son
fred practical joker only    an engorgement charm i think it is
can correct    it
   but far    from being the dursleys became more aunt    petunia was
bing    tugging tongue as though determined to rip it dudley    to
be    suffocating under    the combined    pressure    of    his    mother
   had    lost control    seized    a    china figure from    on top
hard at    who causing    the ornament to    shatter in    the
   said weasley brandishing    his trying to
bellowing    like a wounded uncle vernon snatched up another
just    weasley his wand on    uncle sort    this
harry want    to    miss    the but uncle second ornament narrowly
left    and on    balance he thought    it    best    to leave    the
the    looking over his shoulder as he    said his    last glimpse
room was of weasley    blasting a third ornament out of uncle
aunt petunia    screaming and lying on top    of and tongue lolling
great slimy but next moment harry had begun to spin very    and
   room was    whipped out of sight in a rush of
chapter    five
wizard wheezes
harry    spun faster and    elbows tucked tightly to his blurred
until    he started to feel sick    and    closed his when at last
he threw out his hands and came    to a halt    in    time to from
ward out    of the kitchen
he eat said fred holding out a    hand    to pull harry to his
said straightening was
said    fred and i invented    and been
   ing for    someone to test them on all
the tiny    kitchen    exploded    with    harry looked    around and
were sitting    at the scrubbed wooden table with two people had
though he knew immediately who they must bill and    the two


you said the nearer    of the grinning at him    and holding out a
which harry    feeling calluses and blisters under his    this
who worked with dragons in charlie    was    built like the    shorter
percy and    who were    both    long and    he    had a which    was
and    so    freckly that    he    looked almost his    arms    were
   them had a shiny burn on
bill    got    to his and also shook bill came as something of
harry knew that he worked    for the wizarding    and    that bill
harry had always    imagined bill    to be an    older version    of
   breaking and fond of bossing everyone bill    was was    no other
it    he was    with long hair    that he had    tied back in a
ring    with what looked    like a fang dangling from clothes not
place at a rock except that harry recognized    his boots to    be
dragon
before any of them    could say anything there was a faint
appeared out of thin air at he was looking angrier than    harry

funny he on earth did    you    give that muggle
give    him said with another evil i just dropped it was    his
fault he went and ate i never told    him
dropped it on roared knew eat you    knew he    was    on
a
   big did his tongue george asked
was four feet long before    his    parents    would let me shrink
harry and the weasleys    roared with laughter
weasley sort of behavior seriously undermines
   muggle i spend    half my    life campaigning    against the
own    sons
give it to him because a    said fred
we gave it    to    him because a    great bullying    said
   he    said harry
not the    raged wait until    i tell your    mother
me said a    voice behind
weasley had just entered the she was a plump    woman    with a
though    her eyes    were presently    narrowed with
she spotting him and then her eyes snapped back to her
me
weasley harry    could tell however angry he    was    with fred he
really intended    to tell weasley what had there was    a    while
weasley eyed    his    wife then two girls appeared in the    behind
with very    bushy brown hair    and    rather large front    was and
hermione the    who was    small    and was younger
both    of    them smiled at who grinned which    made    ginny go
been    very taken    with harry    ever since    his first    visit
me weasley in    a dangerous sort of
mumbled and george just had words with

have they done this    said    got anything to do with
wizard wheezes

you show harry where said hermione from the
knows where    said my he slept there    last
can all    said hermione
said    cottoning
   come said
stay where you    snarled
   harry and ron edged out of the and and ginny    set off along
   row hallway and    up the rickety    staircase that zigzagged to
   are wizard harry    asked as they
ron and ginny both    although hermione
found this    stack    of order forms when she    was cleaning fred
ron    long price lists for stuff joke you fake wands
and trick loads of it    was i never knew been inventing    all
   been hearing explosions out of their    room    for but we
tually making said thought they    just liked    the
most    of the stuff all    of really a bit said    you
they were planning to    sell    it at hogwarts to    make    some
told them they allowed to    make any more of and burned all the
furious    at them they get    as many    s as    she
s were ordinary wizarding the examinations hogwarts students took
age of
then    there was this big ginny    mum wants them to go    into
   istry of    magic like and they told her all they    want to do is
   just    then a door on the second landing and    a face poked
   glasses and a very annoyed
said
said    was    wondering who    was    making    all the trying to
work in you know got    a report to finish for the office to
centrate when    people keep thundering    up and down    the
not ron sorry if    disturbed the
secret workings of the ministry    of
are you working said
   report for the department    of    international magical    said
trying to standardize    cauldron some    of    these foreign    imports
too thin    have    been increasing at a rate    of    almost a
   change the that report    said page    of the daily i
cauldron
   percy    went slightly
might he said unless some sort of international law is
posed    we might well find the market flooded with products that
riously    endanger
all    said and he    started    off upstairs percy slammed his
room door    as and    ginny followed    ron up three more flights
shouts from    the    kitchen    below echoed up to it sounded    as
weasley about the
the room at the top of the house    where ron    slept looked much
   ry    had come to the    same posters of favorite    quidditch the
were whirling    and waving    on the walls and sloping and    the
which    had previously held frog now contained    one extremely large
was here    no but    instead there was the tiny gray    owl that

ter to harry in privet    it was hopping up and down in    a and
said    edging    his    way    between    two    of    the four beds
   into    the and george    are in here with because bill and are
he told    gets to keep    his room    all to himself because got
are you calling that owl harry    asked
being said proper name is
   and not    a    stupid name    at said    ron named    he
plained to    reckons and    i tried to change    but    it    was    he
swer to anything so now    got to keep him up    here    because he
he annoys    me come to
pigwidgeon    zoomed    happily around    his hooting harry knew ron
him he    had moaned    continually about his old but    had been
when appeared    to have eaten
harry asked hermione
in the i she likes chasing never    seen any
enjoying said sitting down    on one of    the beds    and watching
   chudley cannons zooming in and out of the posters    on the
said ron reckon come home if dad make
just get    him onto the subject    of his according to crouch
ing to crouch crouch is of the opinion crouch was telling    me
   nouncing their engagement any day
   you had a good said you get our food    parcels    and

thanks a said saved    my those
have you heard    from ron but at a look    from hermione he fell
   knew ron had been about to ask about ron    and hermione had so
   helping sirius    escape from    the ministry of magic that    as
   godfather as he discussing    him in front of ginny was a bad
themselves and professor dumbledore    knew about how sirius or

   think    stopped    said to    cover the awkward because
   ginny    was    looking curiously from ron to we go down and help

all said the four of them left room and went back downstairs
weasley    alone in the looking extremely
eating out in    the she said    when they came just    not room
   people in    could    you take    the plates    bill    and    charlie
knives and    you    she    said to ron and pointing her wand a little
vigorously    than    she had intended at    a pile    of potatoes
fast that they ricocheted off the walls and
for she    now directing    her    wand    at a    which hopped off
the sideboard and started skating across    the scooping up    the
burst    out now pulling pots and pans out of a    and    harry
   and i know    going    to happen to i really no unless you
count making as    much trouble as they possibly
weasley slammed    a large    copper    saucepan    down    on the
   her wand around inside a creamy sauce poured    from    the wand
not as    though they got she continued    taking the saucepan over
the    stove and lighting it with a further poke of    her and
   they pull    themselves together be    in real had more owls

about them than the rest put if they carry    on the    way    end
front of the improper use of magic
weasley jabbed her wand at    the cutlery which shot    harry
jumped    out of the way as several knives soared out of flew    the
chopping    the which had    just been tipped back into the sink by
   know where we went    wrong    with said    putting    down her
and starting to pull out    still more been the same for one
   and they listen    not
she    had picked up her wand from the and it had    emitted a a
giant    rubber
   of their fake wands she many times have i told    them not
them lying
   she    grabbed her    real wand and turned around to find    that
ron said    hurriedly to seizing    a    handful of cutlery from
go and help bill and
   they left    weasley and headed    out    the back door into
they    had only gone a few    paces when ginger
came pelting out of the tail held high in    the chasing    what
muddy    potato on harry    recognized it instantly as a barely
little feet    pattered    very fast    as it sprinted across the yard
lington boots that    lay scattered around the harry    could hear
crookshanks inserted a paw    into the trying to reach a
noise was coming from the other    side of the the source of the
they entered the    and saw that    bill and    charlie both had and
two battered old tables fly high above the    smashing into each
knock    the out of the    fred and george were ginny was and
mione was    hovering near the apparently torn between amusement    and
table    caught with a huge    bang and knocked one of    its legs
   ter    from and    they all looked up to see head poking out of
second
you keep it he
said    the cauldron bottoms coming
said percy and he slammed    the window    bill and
charlie    directed the tables    safely onto    the end to    and
   bill reattached the table    leg    and conjured tablecloths from
   by seven    the two tables were groaning under dishes and    dishes
cellent and the    nine and    hermione were settling themselves to
eat beneath a    to    somebody    who    had    been living on meals
stale cake all this    was and at harry listened rather than as
helped himself to chicken and ham boiled and
at the far    end of the percy was telling    his father all on

told    crouch that have it ready by percy was    saying
a bit sooner than    he    expected but i like to keep on    top of i
done it in good i its extremely busy    in our    department
rangements for the    world just    not getting    the support we
of magical games and ludo bagman
like    said weasley was the one who got us such good tickets
i did him a    bit of a    his got into    a spot of trouble
unnatural powers smoothed    the whole thing

likable of said percy    how    he ever    got to    be
head of department    i    compare him to i see crouch losing a
ber    of    our    department    and    not trying to find out    to
   kins    has    been missing    for over a month went on    holiday
i was asking ludo    about said says gotten
lost plenty of times before    now must if    it was someone    in

all said hear been shunted from    department to
partment    for    much    more trouble    than worth    all the to
trying to    find crouch has    been taking a personal    she in
at one you and i think    crouch was quite    fond of her just
laughing and saying she probably misread    the map and    ended
heaved an    impressive sigh    and took a deep swig of    wine
got quite    enough on our plates at the department of magical
trying to    find    members of other    departments    as you got
ganize right after    the    world
   percy cleared    his throat significantly and looked    down toward
   and hermione were know the one talking he raised his
voice
ron rolled his eyes and    muttered    to    harry and been    trying
what that event    is ever since he started probably    an exhibition

in the    middle of    the    weasley    was arguing with    bill
seemed    to be a recent
   with a horrible    great    fang on what do    they say at the
no    one    at the    bank    gives    a    damn how    i    dress as
   said bill
   your getting said fingering her    wand    i wish
let me give it a
   like    said who was    sitting beside so
nowhere near as long as    professor
next to and charlie were    all talking spiritedly about the world

got to    be    said    charlie    through a    mouthful of flattened
   in the
has got viktor said
one decent ireland has got said    charlie    wish    england had
got that was    that
said    harry regretting    more than ever his isolation from    the
ing    world when he was stuck    on    privet
   down to three hundred and ninety to said charlie
ing and wales    lost    to and    scotland was slaughtered    by
harry    had been on the gryffindor house quidditch team ever    his
and    owned one of the    best    racing    brooms in the a flying
harry than anything else in the    magical and    he played in the
gryffindor house
   weasley    conjured    up candles to light the    darkening garden
made    strawberry    ice and    by the    time they    had moths    were
and the warm    air was perfumed with the smells    of grass    and
   ing extremely    well fed and at peace with the world as he

   through    the laughing madly and closely pursued    by
   ron looked carefully up the table to check    that the rest of
he    said    very quietly    to you    heard from    sirius
hermione looked    listening
said harry he sounds i    wrote to him he    might    write
back while
he    suddenly remembered the reason    he had written to    and    a
   verge    of telling ron and hermione about his scar    hurting
awoken    him    he really    want to    worry them just    not
so happy    and
at the    weasley said checking her really should
be in    the    whole lot of you    be up at the    crack of    to
leave    your school list get your things for you tomorrow in
ryone there    might not be time after    the world the match

   it    does this said harry
i certainly    said percy shudder to think what the state of    my
would be    if i was away from work    for    five
someone might    slip dragon dung in it said
   was a sample of fertilizer from said    going very    red in    the
nothing
fred whispered to harry as they    got    up from the sent
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the portkey
harry    felt as though he had barely lain down to steep in he
   awake by
to she moving away to wake
harry felt    around for his put    them and    sat it was still
   tered indistinctly as his mother roused    at the foot of he
heveled    shapes emerging from tangles of
time    said fred
they dressed in too    sleepy to    yawning and the    four of
   headed downstairs    into    the
weasley    was stirring the    contents of    a    large pot on    the
ting at the    checking a sheaf of large parchment he looked
and spread his arms so that    they    could see his clothes
   peared    to    be    a    golfing    sweater    and    a very old of
with    a thick leather
he    asked supposed to    go incognito i look like    a

said
bill    and charlie    and said    failing    to    stifle a huge
said    heaving the large    pot over to the
table and    starting to ladle    porridge into they can have a a
   harry knew    that apparating meant disappearing    from one    place
stantly in    but had never known any hogwarts student to do and
very

   still in    said    fred pulling his bowl of porridge toward
   we apparate
not of age    and you passed your snapped
where have those girls got
she bustled    out of the kitchen    and they heard    her    climbing
have to    pass a test to harry
   said tucking the    tickets safely into the back    pocket of    his
department of    magical transportation had    to    fine    a    couple
   without a    not    and when not done property it can lead to
this pair talking about went and splinched
   everyone around the    table except harry
   said
left half of themselves said now spooning large amounts of
treacle onto his of they    were move either had to wait
for the    accidental magic    reversal squad    to    sort them    meant
   can tell what with the muggles who spotted the body    parts
   harry    had a    sudden vision of    a pair of legs and an on
privet
they he
   said weasley they got a heavy and    i think
   be trying it again in a you mess around with there are of
adult    wizards who bother with prefer brooms but
bill and charlie    and percy can all do
   had to    take the test    said failed the    first apparated
five miles    south of    where he meant right on top of some old

he    passed the second    said    marching back    into the kitchen
amid hearty
   only passed two    weeks    said been    apparating downstairs
   morning just to prove he
there    were    footsteps down    the    passageway and hermione and
both looking pale and
   do we    have    to be up so    ginny    rubbing her eyes and

   got a    bit    of    a said
said are we    walking to the world
miles said only need to walk a    short
just that    very difficult for a large    number of wizards    to
   gle    we    have to be very careful    about how we travel    at
   occasion like the    quidditch world
said    weasley and they all
said in    an    innocent tone that deceived
is that    in your

you lie to
weasley pointed her    wand at    pocket and
several brightly    colored    objects zoomed out of    he made a
   them but and they sped right into outstretched
   told you to destroy said weasley    holding up what    were
   ably    more    told you    to get rid of the    empty your    go

both of
it    was an unpleasant the twins had evidently been trying to as
of    the house as    and    it was only by    using her    summoning
   naged    to find    them
she and toffees zoomed from all sorts of    unlikely
cluding    the    lining of jacket and the    of
   spent    six months developing    fred shouted at his mother

a fine way    to spend six she wonder    you    get    more

all    in    the    atmosphere was not very    friendly as they took
still glowering as    she kissed    weasley on the though not
   who had    each hoisted their rucksacks    onto their    backs
have a lovely said behave she called after the
retreating but they did    not look    back or    send and percy
along    around weasley    said to    as    and
   ginny set    off across the    dark    yard after fred    and
it was chilly    and the    moon was still only a greenish tinge
right showed that daybreak    was drawing    having    been of
wizards speeding    toward the quidditch world sped    up to
   how does everyone get there without    all    the muggles he
been a massive organizational    sighed trouble about a
hundred thousand wizards turn up at the world and of we just
site big enough to accommodate    them there are places muggles
trying to pack a hundred thousand wizards into    diagon alley or nine
so we had to find a nice    deserted and set up as many precautions
the whole    been    working on it    for of we    have to the
people with cheaper tickets have    to    arrive two weeks a use
muggle but we have too many clogging up their buses and
zards are coming from all over the    some    of but we have to
points for    them    to well away    from    i believe a handy wood
as the apparition for those who want    to    or we use
objects that are    used to transport wizards from one spot a
do large groups    at a time    if you need there    have been two
ic points    around    and the nearest one to us is up at the
where
   weasley    pointed ahead    of    where a large black mass rose
tery
   sort    of objects    are said harry
they    can be    said so muggles
go picking them up and playing with them    just think is
they trudged down the dank lane toward the the silence broken only
   the sky lightened very slowly as they made their    way through
   blackness diluting to deepest    hands and    feet were weasley
ing his
they have breath to spare for talking    as    they began to
occasionally    in hidden rabbit slipping on thick black tuffets
took    was sharp in his chest and    his legs were starting

panted taking    off his glasses and    wiping them on his

   made good time got ten
   hermione    came over the    crest of the hill clutching a in
   we just need the said replacing his glasses and squinting
at the be come
they spread they had    only    been at    it    for    a couple    a
   shout rent    the    still
   over got
two tall    figures    were    silhouetted against the    starry sky
said smiling    as    he strode    over to    the man who had the
them
weasley    was shaking hands with a wizard with a scrubby    brown
was holding a old    boot in his other
is amos said works    for the department for    the
   regulation and    control of    magical and i think    you his
cedric    diggory was an    extremely handsome boy of around    he
   seeker of the hufflepuff house quidditch team at
said looking    around at    them
everybody said hi    back    except fred    and who merely they    had
forgiven cedric    for    beating their in the    first quidditch

   father too said live    just on
the other side of the    village
   to    get up at    i tell be glad when got    his    apparition
still complaining world miss it for a sackful of galleons
the tickets cost about mind looks like i got off    amos
   naturedly around at the    three weasley    and    these

only the said    pointing out his is
friend    of    another friend
   said amos his    eyes harry
said
harry was used    to people looking    curiously    at    him    when
eyes moved    at once to the lightning scar on    his    but it

   talked about of    said amos us all about    playing against
you last i said to    i    said be    something to tell    your
you beat    harry
harry think of any reply to    so    he remained fred and
scowling cedric looked slightly
fell off his he i told you was    an
but you fall did    roared amos slapping his son on    his
our always the gentleman the best    man sure    harry say the
one    falls    off his    one stays you    need    to be    a genius
tell    which the better
be    nearly said weasley pulling out his    watch you    know
   whether waiting for    any
the lovegoods    have been there for    a week already and the get
said    any more of us in this    are
that i know    said a    minute off    better get
   he looked around at harry and

   just need to    touch the a finger    will    do
with owing to    their bulky    the nine of them    crowded the
held    out by amos
they all stood in a    tight    as a chill breeze    swept    over
suddenly    occurred to harry how    odd this would look if a    to
two    of them grown clutching this manky old    boot    in the

muttered one eye still on his
it happened harry felt as though a hook just behind his had
jerked irresistibly his    feet    left the he could feel    ron
side of their shoulders banging    into they were all speeding    in
and swirling his    forefinger was stuck to the    boot as though
onward    and then
   his feet slammed into the    ron staggered into him and he
ground near his    head with a heavy
   harry looked and cedric were still    though looking
   very    everybody else was    on the
past five    from stoatshead said    a
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bagman and crouch
harry disentangled himself from ron and    got to his    they    had
be a    deserted stretch of misty in front of them    was a pair
   one of whom was holding a large    gold the other a    thick
both were dressed    as    though very the man with the watch wore a
tweed suit with his a    kilt and a
said picking up the    boot and handing it to the kilted
who threw it into    a large box of used portkeys beside harry
empty drinks and a punctured
said basil on all    right for been
   here    all better get out of the got a    big party    coming in
forest    at    five    hang    find    your weasley he consulted
   parchment a    quarter of a    walk over first field you come
called    diggory field for
said and he beckoned everyone to follow
they    set off across the    deserted unable to make out much
twenty a small stone cottage    next    to a gate swam into
make out the ghostly shapes    of    hundreds and hundreds of    rising
large field toward a dark wood on the they said to the    diggorys
proached the cottage
a man    was standing    in the    looking out at    the harry knew
was the    only    real muggle    for    several when he heard their
look at
said    weasley
said the
you be
i    said who
booked a couple    of days

said consulting    a    list tacked    to the    got a space up by
   wood just    the    one
said
be paying said
said he retreated a    short    distance    from the cottage and
beckoned harry toward he pulling    a roll    of muggle money
from his pocket and starting to peel the notes a ah i see the
tle number on    it so this is a
harry corrected    him in an    uncomfortably aware    of roberts
   to catch every
so    it    i    these    little    bits of
said roberts as weasley returned with the correct
   repeated
not    the first    one had trouble with said    scrutinizing
weasley had two try and pay    me with    great    gold    coins

   you said    weasley
roberts rummaged    around in a tin for some
been this he said looking out    over the misty field
dreds of people usually    just turn
that said his    hand    held out    for his but roberts give
   it to
he said from    all loads of and not just
you a bloke    walking in a kilt and    a
said weasley    anxiously
like some sort i dunno some sort of said    all seem to
   know    each    like a big
at    that a wizard in appeared    out of    thin air next    to

he said    pointing his    wand at
eyes slid out of    his    brows    and a    took of dreamy
concern fell    over his harry recognized the symptoms    of one

map of    the campsite for    roberts said placidly to your

   very    said
the wizard in accompanied    them toward    the gate    to the    he
his chin was    blue with stubble    and there were deep    purple
out    of    earshot of    he    muttered to having a lot of    trouble
needs a    memory charm ten    times    a day to keep    him and not
trotting around talking about bludgers    and    quaffles at the top
   about security be    glad    when this is see    you
he
thought bagman    was head of    magical games and said    looking
should know better than    to talk about bludgers near
said and leading them through the gates into the
always    been a bit lax    about you    wish    for a more
tic head    of the sports department he played    quidditch for    you
and    he was the best beater the wimbourne wasps ever
   they    trudged up the misty field between    long rows of    most

owners had clearly tried to make    them    as    as    but    had
or or weather here and there was    a tent so    obviously
   cal that harry could    hardly be surprised    that roberts was up
   field stood    an extravagant confection of    striped    silk like
cocks    tethered    at the a little farther on    they passed a had
eral    and a short way beyond that    was    a    tent that had    a
with    and
the said resist showing    off when we get
here    we this is
   they had reached the    very edge of the wood at the    top of an
with a small sign hammered into the ground that read
have a better said weasley field is just on    the    other side of
the wood as close as we could he hoisted his backpack his
he said    magic strictly not when    out in    these
numbers on muggle be putting these tents    up by be too
   muggles do    it all the    where    do    you reckon we should
harry had never been    camping    in his the dursleys had never
preferring to leave him    with an old he    and hermione
worked out where    most    of the poles    and pegs should and    though
hindrance than a because he got thoroughly overexcited when it
they finally managed to erect a pair of shabby
   all of them stood back to admire their    nobody looking at these
they belonged to harry    but the trouble was that once and    percy
they would be a    party of hermione seemed to have    spotted    she
gave    harry    a quizzical look as weasley dropped    to his hands

   be a bit he    i think all squeeze come and have a
harry bent ducked under the tent and felt his jaw he had
looked    like an three    room complete with    bathroom and    oddly
it was furnished in    exactly    the same sort of style    as    there
cheted covers on the mismatched chairs and a strong smell of
not for said mopping    his bald patch with a handkerchief and
peering in at the four bunk beds that    stood    in the i at
   camp much    poor got
he    picked up the    dusty kettle and peered inside    need
a tap marked    on this    map the muggle gave    said who had
side the tent and seemed completely unimpressed    by its inner
the other    side of    the
why and hermione    go and    get us    some water weasley
handed over the kettle and a couple of    saucepans    the rest    a

   got an said    we just
said    his face shining with real
muggles they cook    on fires seen them    at
   after a quick    tour of the which was slightly smaller than the
   the    smell of    and hermione set off    across the campsite    the

with the    sun newly risen and the    mist they    could see the
stretched    in    every    they    made    their way slowly through the
   it    was only just dawning on harry how    many    witches and

he had    never    really thought much about    those in other
their fellow campers were starting to wake first to stir
harry had never    seen witches and wizards this young a tiny
was crouched    outside a large shaped holding a wand and at a
the    which    was swelling slowly    to    the    size of a    as
mother came hurrying out of the
   many    you
she had trodden    on the    giant which her scolding carried
mingling with the    little yells bust you bust
a short    way    farther they saw two little barely older than
toy    broomsticks that rose only    high enough for the toes to a
wizard    had already spotted as he hurried past    and hermione he
broad    parents having a i suppose
here and there adult wizards and witches    were    emerging from to
with furtive looks around conjured fires with    their others
striking matches with dubious    looks on their as    though sure
   can    wizards sat    in    serious all    of them wearing long and
looked like a    rabbit    on a    bright purple while a group of
   gossiping    happily beneath a spangled banner stretched between
salem    harry caught snatches    of conversation    in strange
from the    inside of tents they and though    he understand
single voice was
it    my    or has everything gone said
it just they had walked    into    a patch of    tents    that
thick growth of so that    it    looked as though oddly had
out of the grinning faces could be seen under    those that    had
behind they    heard their

it was seamus their    fellow gryffindor fourth he    was sitting
with    a woman who had to be his and his best
dean also of
the said not too
why    we show our said should see    what    the
garians have got dangling all over their be    supporting of    she
   eyeing and hermione when they had    assured her    that they
porting they set    off as ron    say anything else surrounded
by that    i wonder what the bulgarians    have    got dangling
go    and have a said pointing to a    large patch of tents    where
bulgarian flag and red fluttering in    the
the    tents here    had    not    been bedecked with    plant    but
   same poster attached to a    poster of a very surly    face with
of but all it    did    was blink and
said    ron
said
said the    bulgarian
   looks    really said looking around at the    many krums blinking
scowling at
ron raised his eyes to the cares what he looks
   really young only just eighteen or a you wait
til

   there    was    already a small queue for the    tap in the
mione joined right    behind a    pair of men who were    having
a very old wizard who was wearing a long flowery the other    was
   he was holding out    a    pair of pinstriped    trousers and    with
put them a    good you    walk    around    like the muggle    at
the    already getting suspicious
i bought    this    in a muggle said the    old wizard    wear
   women    wear not    the they wear said    the    ministry
   and    he brandished the pinstriped
not    putting them said old    archie in    like    a healthy    breeze

hermione    was overcome    with such a strong    fit    of the    at
   out of the queue    and only    returned when archie had    collected
walking more slowly    because of the    weight    of    the they
   through    the here and they saw more familiar    other with
their oliver the old captain    of house quidditch who had just
dragged harry over to his tent to introduce and told him that he
had just been signed to the    puddlemere    united    reserve next
a    hufflepuff fourth and a little farther on they saw cho a
   who    played seeker on the ravenclaw she waved    and smiled
   lot of water down his front    as    he waved more to stop ron
harry    hurriedly    pointed out a large group of teenagers whom he
reckon they he go to do
they    go to    some foreign said    know there    are never met
who went    to bill had    a penfriend at a school in brazil was
   he wanted    to go on    an exchange trip but mum and dad    his
all offended when he said he    going and    sent him a cursed it
harry laughed but voice the amazement he felt at hearing about
he now that    he saw representatives of    so many in the    he
had    been stupid    never to realize    that hogwarts be the only
   who    looked    utterly unsurprised    by the    no doubt she had
other wizarding    schools in some book or
been said george when    they    finally    got back    to the
a few said setting the water not    got that    fire    started
having fun with the    said
weasley was having no success at all    in lighting the but it of
splintered    matches littered the ground around but    he as
time of his
he said as he managed to    light a    match and promptly dropped
said hermione taking    the box    from    and showing him
how    to do    it
at last they got    the fire though it was at least another
there    was    plenty to watch while    they their tent seemed to
   right alongside    a kind of    thoroughfare    to the and    ministry
down greeting weasley cordially as they weasley kept    up    a
mainly for and    his    own children    knew too much about    the
   istry to be    greatly
was cuthbert head of the goblin    liaison here comes gilbert
   with the committee    on experimental    had those horns for a
arnie    an obliviator of the accidental magic

reversal you and bode    and croaker

the department    of top no idea what they get    up
at    the fire was    and they had just started    cooking eggs
and    percy came strolling out of the    woods    toward
said percy
they were halfway through    their plates of eggs and sausages when
waving    and    grinning at a man who was striding toward    he
the
   ludo bagman    was easily the most noticeable person harry had    seen
archie in his flowered he was wearing long quidditch robes    in
stripes of    bright yellow and an    enormous picture    of a
   he had    the look of a powerfully built man gone slightly
across a large belly he surely had not had    in the days he
   his nose    was squashed broken by a stray harry    but    his
short blond and rosy    complexion made him look like a very
   bagman called he was walking    as though he    had springs to
the balls of    his feet and    was plainly in    a state of
old    he puffed    as he reached the    a    what a could
we have asked    for    more perfect a    cloudless    night coming
the not much    for    me to
behind a group of ministry    wizards rushed pointing at the
evidence    of    some sort of a magical fire that was sending
percy hurried forward with his hand apparently his    disapproval
bagman ran his department did not    prevent    him from    wanting to
   said    is my son just    started at the
   try this is fred    sorry    fred    ron ginny
and    hermione granger and harry
   bagman did the    smallest of double    takes when he    heard and
   the familiar flick upward to    the    scar    on
weasley    is    ludo you know who he thanks to
him got such    good    tickets
bagman    beamed    and waved his hand as if to say it had
a flutter on    the he    said jingling what seemed to be a
   amount of gold in the pockets    of his    already    got roddy
betting    me bulgaria will score first offered    him    nice front
the strongest    seen    in years little    agatha timms has put up in
   a    weeklong
on said    see    galleon    on ireland to
ludo bagman looked slightly but recovered
   very    well other
a bit    young to be said like
bet fifteen    three said    fred as he and george
quickly    pooled    all their ireland wins    viktor krum gets    the
   throw in a    fake
want to go    showing bagman    rubbish like percy but bagman
seem to think the    wand was rubbish at on    the    his    boyish
citement as he    took it from and when the wand gave    a loud    a
bagman roared    with
i seen one that convincing in    pay five galleons for

percy froze    in    an attitude of stunned
said weasley under his want    you all your savings
your    mother
   be    a boomed    ludo rattling    his    pockets
old    enough to know what they you    reckon ireland will win but
   a not a    give you    excellent    odds    on that one add five
for the funny shall
weasley looked on helplessly    as ludo    bagman whipped out a and
gan jotting    down the
said taking the slip    of    parchment bagman handed him and it
into    the front of his bagman turned most    cheerfully back
do me a i keeping an    eye out for barty my bulgarian
opposite making    and i understand    a word be able
   to sort it he    speaks about a    hundred and    fifty
said    suddenly abandoning his look of disapproval and
tively writhing with    speaks    over two mermish and gobbledegook

can speak said fred you    have to do is point and
percy    threw fred an extremely nasty look    and    stoked    the
back    to the
   news    of    bertha jorkins weasley asked as bagman    settled
on the grass beside    them
a dicky said bagman turn poor    old bertha
like a leaky cauldron and no    sense of you take my word
into the office sometime in    thinking still
think it might be time to send    someone    to look    for
   tentatively as percy handed bagman his
crouch keeps saying    said his round eyes    widening we
really spare anyone at the    oh    of the
a    wizard had just apparated at    their and    he could not have
   with    ludo sprawled on the grass in his old wasp barty    crouch
elderly dressed in    an impeccably crisp suit and the parting
was    almost unnaturally    and his narrow toothbrush mustache    as
trimmed    it using    a slide    his    shoes were very    highly at
percy idolized percy was    a great believer in rigidly and had
complied    with the    rule about    muggle dressing so that he
harry doubted    even    uncle    vernon would have spotted    him for
   up a bit of said ludo patting the    ground beside
thank    said    and there was a bite of impatience    in    his
looking for you the    bulgarians are insisting    we    add another

is that    what said    i    thought the chap was asking    to a of
bit    of    a strong
said    percy sunk into a kind of halfbow    that made him look a
you    like a cup of
said looking over at percy in mild
fred and george    choked into    their own very pink around the
with the
and been wanting a word with you    said his    sharp eyes
   ing upon on    the he wants a    word with    you about your

bargo on flying
   weasley heaved a deep
sent him an owl about that just    last    if told him once    him
carpets are defined    as    a muggle artifact    by    the registry
but will    he
doubt said accepting a cup from desperate to    export
never replace brooms in    will said
thinks a niche in    the market for a family said remember    my
grandfather    had    an    axminster    that could seat twelve that
   of
he    spoke as though    he wanted to leave    nobody in any
strictly by the
been keeping    said    bagman
said crouch    portkeys across    five continents is    no mean

expect both    be glad when    this is    said
ludo bagman    looked
know    when had    more not as    though we got anything    to
   took forward plenty    left to
crouch raised his eyebrows at
agreed not    to make the announcement    until all    the details
said waving    the word away like    a cloud of
i    bet you anything these    know soon enough
i happening at hogwarts
   we need    to    meet the    you    said    crouch    cutting
remarks    you for    the
he pushed his undrunk tea back at percy    and waited    for
swigging down the last    of his the gold in his    pockets
you    all he    be up in    the top    box with    me he
barty crouch nodded and both of them
happening at said    fred at were they talking
find    out soon said
classified until such time    as the ministry decides to release
crouch    was quite right    not    to disclose
   shut said
a sense of excitement    rose like a palpable cloud over    the
by the still summer air    itself    seemed to be quivering
spread like a curtain over the thousands of waiting the last
the ministry seemed to    have bowed to the inevitable and stopped
blatant magic    now breaking out
salesmen were apparating every    few carrying trays and pushing    of
   nary    there were luminous rosettes for red for bulgaria
were    squealing the    names of the    pointed green    hats with
bulgarian    scarves adorned with lions that    really flags from
national anthems as they were there    were tiny models    of firebolts
collectible    figures of    famous which strolled across the palm

saving my pocket money    all    summer for    ron told    harry as
strolled through the buying though ron    purchased a dancing hat
and a large green    he also bought    a    small figure of    viktor

   the    miniature krum walked backward    and    forward    over up
sette above
   look at said hurrying over to    a cart piled    high with    what
brass    except that they    were    covered    with all sorts of    and
said the    saleswizard can replay action everything down
   they    flash    up a breakdown    if you need bargain galleons
   i    bought this said gesturing at his dancing shamrock hat
   longingly at the
   said harry    firmly to    the
said    going he    was always    touchy about the    fact that
had inherited a small fortune    from his had    much more    money
be getting anything for    harry    told thrusting omnioculars
   and    about ten
said
said get us some look
their money bags considerably    they went back to    the and ginny
   were all    sporting green rosettes and weasley was carrying an
had no souvenirs as    they    had given    bagman    all their
and then a booming gong sounded somewhere beyond the and at
and red lanterns blazed into life in the    lighting a path
said looking    as    excited as    any    of
chapter    eight
the quidditch world cup
clutching their    weasley    in the they    all hurried into the
the they    could hear the    sounds    of thousands of people
shouts and    snatches of the atmosphere of    feverish    excitement
   harry stop    they walked    through    the    wood for twenty
and joking until    at    last they emerged on    the other side
dow of    a    gigantic though harry could see only a    fraction
surrounding the he could tell    that    ten    cathedrals    would
a hundred said spotting the awestruck look    on
   task    force of five hundred have been working on it all
on every inch of    every time muggles    have    got    anywhere
remembered urgent appointments and had to dash    away again    he
leading the way toward    the nearest which    was    already by a
ing witches    and
   said    the    ministry witch at the entrance when she    checked
   straight and as high    as you    can
the    stairs into    the stadium were carpeted in rich they
   of the    which slowly    filtered away through doors into the
   party    kept and at last they    reached the top    of the and
selves in a small    set    at    the highest point of the and
the golden goal about    twenty    chairs stood in two rows
   ing into the    front seats with the looked down upon a scene the
never    have
a hundred thousand witches    and wizards were taking    their in
levels around the long oval everything was suffused with a golden