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第5章 被边缘的股东代表

“He is tall,” said the girl, “and a strongly-made man, but not

“It was on my birthday!” he said, “I was looking forward to that!”

“Have you heard anything about Bertha Jorkins?” Harry asked.

“I’m sorry!”

“It's very boring, having to listen to the silly little troubles of an eleven-year-old girl,” he went on. “But I was patient. I wrote back. I was sympathetic, I was kind. Ginny simply loved me. No one's ever understood me like you, Tom… I'm so glad I've got this diary to confide in… It's like having a friend I can carry around in my pocket …”

“I know what you’re thinking,” said Bill, “and I wondered that too, on the way back here, because they seemed to be expecting us, didn’t they? But Mundungus can’t have betrayed us. They didn’t know there would be seven Harrys, that confused them the moment we appeared, and in case you’ve forgotten, it was Mundungus who suggested that little bit of skullduggery. Why wouldn’t he have told them the essential point? I think Dung panicked, it’s as simple as that. He didn’t want to come in the first place, but Mad-Eye made him, and You-Know-Who went straight for them. It was enough to make anyone panic.”

“It is,” said Dumbledore, also standing.

“I mean no harm, young man,” observed Mr. Bumble

“I am ready to go to India, if I may go free.”