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第7章 失望或希望

‘Well?’ said I.

‘She's my auntie,’ she said. ‘I'm Susan Bones. She told me about your hearing. So—is it really true? You make a stag Patronus?’

‘Never,’ said my aunt, ‘be mean in anything; never be false;

‘Where have you been?’ asked Umbridge, cutting coolly through Hagrid's babbling.

‘Oh,’ said George, looking mildly impressed. ‘Well—that'd explain it.’

‘You have said so, any time these ten years, Doctor,’ Mr.

‘Of course, it's not what you know,’ he was heard to tell Crabbe and Goyle loudly outside Potions a few days before the exams were to start, ‘it's who you know. Now, Father's been friendly with the head of the Wizarding Examinations Authority for years—old Griselda Marchbanks—we've had her round for dinner and everthing ...’

‘So ’tis, sir, so ’tis, sir,’ said Ham, grinning. ‘You’re right, young

‘Nooooo!’ he heard Umbridge shriek. ‘Noooooo ... I am Senior Undersecretary ... you cannot—Unhand me, you animals ... nooooo!’