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第7章 探路石（四更完）

“My prayers are heard!” ejaculated St. John. He pressed his

“Now,” muttered the Jew, as he knocked at the door, “if there is

“People won’t let this happen,” said Ron.

“Ron and Tonks should have been back first, but they missed their Portkey, it came back without them,” she said, pointing at a rusty oil can lying on the ground nearby. “And that one,” she pointed at an ancient sneaker, “should have been Dad and Fred’s, they were supposed to be second. You and Hagrid were third and,” she checked her watch, “if they made it, George and Lupin aught to be back in about a minute.”

“Oh, I don’t know!” yelled Hermione with awful sarcasm. “Rack your brains, Ron, that should only take a couple of seconds –”

“Lay hands on this stranger if he seeks to lodge in your village

“See you in a moment, then,” said Hermione nervously, and she tottered off down the steps to LADIES. Harry and Ron joined a number of oddly dressed men descending into what appeared to be an ordinary underground public toilet, tiled in grimy black and white.

“Ron,” said Harry quietly, “I haven't got a problem with Hermione coming with Krum -”

“Oh! that’s the boy, is it?” said the undertaker, raising the