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第1章 绝地一击

“Okay, Buckbeak, up!” said Harry, shaking the rope. “Up to the tower — come on.”

“Our feet'll be seen!” said Hermione anxiously, as the cloak flapped a little around their ankles; it was much more difficult hiding all three of them under the cloak nowadays.

“Seen your pal Hagrid lately?” he asked them quietly.

“Missed me, have yeh?” snorted Hagrid. “Yeah. Righ'.”

“No. Professor Dumbledore managed to convince Fudge that I was trying to save your lives.” He sighed. “That was the final straw for Severus. I think the loss of the Order of Merlin hit him hard. So he — er — accidentally let slip that I am a werewolf this morning at breakfast.”

“No; I pleaded off, and he admitted my plea. I’ll tell you how to

“Oh yeah,” said Ron at once, “people are talking about it quite a lot. ‘Course, if things were different it’d be huge news, Dumbledore being pals with Grindelwald, but now it’s just something to laugh about for people who didn’t like Dumbledore, and a bit of a slap in the face for everyone who thought he was such a good bloke. I don’t know that it’s such a big deal, though. He was really young when they –”

“Oddsbodkins,” said Harry to Sir Cadogan, who looked extremely disappointed and reluctantly swung forward to let them into the common room. There was a sudden, excited murmur as every head turned and the next moment, Harry was surrounded by people exclaiming over his Firebolt.

“So do I!” said Hermione breathlessly. “Well, we'll soon know!”