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第6章 落网？

he daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.

Harry was so disarmed that she had thought his words as well worth memorizing as The Standard Book of Spells that he did not argue.

He pointed his wand at the wall of books behind him and with a bang, a hidden door flew open, revealing a narrow staircase upon which a small man stood frozen.

half afraid that an earthquake or a fiery mountain, or some other

have not forgotten the provisions of the will. Carry them into

He set off around the edge of the lake, and Harry followed close behind him. Their footsteps made echoing, slapping sounds on the narrow rim of rock that surrounded the water. On and on they walked, but the view did not vary: on one side of them, the rough cavern wall, on the other, the boundless expanse of smooth, glassy blackness, in the very middle of which was that mysterious greenish glow. Harry found the place and the silence oppressive, unnerving.

Harry thought of Sirius, and the tight, tense knot in his chest seemed to ease slightly. He would be speaking to him in just over twelve hours, for tonight was the night they were meeting at the common room fire - assuming nothing went wrong, as everything else had done lately…

He picked up a quill from a packed table at his elbow, and pulled a torn piece of parchment from between more books.

hath forsworn to love, and in that vow Do I live dead that live to tell it