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"According to you," Vernon Dursley said, now resuming his pacing up and down the living room, "we - Petunia, Dudley, and I - are in dangerFrom - from -"
"Some of 'my lot' right?" said Harry
"Well I don't believe it," repeated Uncle Vernon, coming to a halt in front of Harry again"I was awake half the night thinking it all over, and I believe it's a plot to get the house
"The house?" repeated Harry"What house?"
"This house!" shrieked Uncle Vernon, the vein his forehead starting to pulse"\iOur\i house! House prices are skyrocketing around here! You want us out of the way and
then you're going to do a bit of hocus pocus and before we know it the deeds will be in your name and -"
"Are you out of your mind?" demanded Harry"A plot to get this house? Are you actually as stupid as you look?"
"Don't you dare \a150\a150!" squealed Aunt Petunia, but again Vernon waved her downSlights on his personal appearance were it seemed as nothing to the danger he had costume chanel jewelry spotted
"Just in case you've forgotten," said Harry, "I've already got a house my godfather left me oneSo why would I want this one? All the happy memories?"
There was silenceHarry thought he had rather impressed his uncle with this argument
"You claim," said Uncle Vernon, starting to pace yet again, "that this Lord Thing -"
"\a151Voldemort," said Harry impatiently, "and we've been through this about a hundred times alreadyThis isn't a claim, it's factDumbledore told you last year, and Kingsley and MrWeasley -"
Vernon Dursley hunched his shoulders angrily, and Harry guessed that his uncle was attempting to ward off recollections of the unannounced visit, a few days into Harry's summer holidays, of two fully grown wizardsThe arrival on the doorstep of Kingsley Shacklebolt and Arthur Weasley had come as a most unpleasant shock to the DursleysHarry had to admit, however that as MrWeasley had once demolished half of the living room, his reappearance could not have chanel white watch been expected to delight Uncle Vernon
"\a151Kingsley and MrWeasley explained it all as well," Harry pressed on remorselessly, "Once I'm seventeen, the protective charm that keeps me safe will break, and that exposes you as well as meThe Order is sure Voldemort will target you, whether to torture you to try and find out where I am, or because he thinks by holding you hostage I'd come and try to rescue you
Uncle Vernon's and Harry's eyes metHarry was sure that in that instant they were both wondering the same thingThen Uncle Vernon walked on and Harry resumed, "You've got to go into hiding and the Order wants to helpYou're being offered serious protection, the best there is
Uncle Vernon said nothing but continued to pace up and downOutside the sun hung low over the privet hedgesThe next door neighbor's lawn mower stalled again
"I thought there was a Ministry of Magic?" asked Vernon Dursley abruptly
"There is," said Harry, surprised
"Well, then, why can't they miu miu clutch protect us? It seems to me that, as innocent victims, guilty of nothing more than harboring a marked man, we ought to qualify for government protection!"
Harry laughed; he could not help himselfIt was so very typical of his uncle to put his hopes in the establishment, even within this world that he despised and mistrustedWeasley and Kingsley said," Harry replied
"We think the Ministry has been infiltrated
Uncle Vernon strode back to the fireplace and back breathing so strongly that his great black mustache rippled his face still purple with concentration
"All right," he saidStopping in front of Harry get again"All right, let's say for the sake of argument we accept this protectionI still don't see why we can't have that Kingsley bloke
Harry managed not to roll his eyes, but with difficultyThis question had also been addressed half a dozen times
"As I've told you," he said through gritted teeth, "Kingsley is protecting the Mug - I mean, your Prime classic chanel handbag Minister
"Exactly - he's the best!" said Uncle Vernon, pointing at the blank television screenThe Dursleys had spotted Kingsley on the news, walking along the Muggle Prime Minister as he visited a hospitalThis, and the fact that Kingsley had mastered the knack of dressing like a Muggle, not to mention a certain reassuring something in his slow, deep voice, had caused the Dursleys to take to Kingsley in a way that they had certainly not done with any other wizard, although it was true that they had never seen him with earring in
"Well, he's taken," said Harry"But Hestia Jones and Dedalus Diggle are more than up to the job -"
"If we'd even seen CVs\a133" began Uncle Vernon, but Harry lost patienceGetting to his feet, he advanced on his uncle, not pointing at the TV set himself
"These accidents aren't accidents - the crashed and explosions and derailments and whatever else has happened since we last watched the newsPeople are disappearing and dying and he's behind it - authentic hermes Voldemor |
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