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‘Oh, Ham!’ she exclaimed, still weeping pitifully, ‘I am not so

‘What is it, son? What's happened? Did Mrs. Polkiss give you something foreign for tea?’

‘Well, Harry,’ said Dumbledore, finally turning away from the baby bird, ‘you will be pleased to hear that none of your fellow students are going to suffer lasting damage from the night's events.’

‘You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?’

‘Of course he has,’ said Mrs. Figg impatiently. ‘Did you expect him to let you wander around on your own after what happened in June? Good Lord, boy, they told me you were intelligent.... Right ... get inside and stay there,’ she said, as they reached number four. ‘I expect someone will be in touch with you soon enough.’

‘Yes, Professor Snape,’ said Professor McGonagall. shrugging off her travelling cloak, ‘I'm quite as good as new. You two—Crabbe—Goyle—’

‘Tha's brave of yeh,’ said Hagrid, ‘there's not many'd take tha’ job any more.’

‘When are you to meet her at the coach?’ I ask.

‘Nah, she didn't,’ said Sirius.