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第1章 狂妄贼子欺上门

the dirtier snow upon the ground; which last deposit had been ploughed up

the furnace; four fierce figures trudged away, East, West, North,

the private bell-handle let into the left-hand door-post of Mr.

The Jew walked to the door, looking over his shoulder at the

The decorations in the Great Hall had changed this morning. As it was Halloween, a cloud of live bats was fluttering around the enchanted ceiling, while hundreds of carved pumpkins leered from every corner. Harry led the way over to Dean and Seamus, who were discussing those Hogwarts students of seventeen or over who might be entering.

The girl—the same I had seen upon the sands—was near the

tables, I saw one teacher take a basin of the porridge and taste it;

such sentences as the above. Now, uttered before a stranger, the

the passages, the iron gates were being closed with a jar and a