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Dumbledore turned a page, and said, without...
Dumbledore turned a page, and said, without looking up, "Keep an eye on Quirrell, won't you?"
A whirl of color, and now everything darkened, and Snape and Dumbledore stood a little apart in the entrance hall, while the last stragglers from the Yule Ball passed them on their way to bed
"Well?" murmured Dumbledore
"Karkaroff's Mark is becoming darker tooHe is panicking, he fears retribution; you know how much help he gave the Ministry after the Dark Lord fell Snape looked sideways at Dumbledore's crooked-nosed profile"Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns
"Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds"And are you tempted to join him?"
"No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures"I am not such a coward
"No," agreed Dumbledore"You are a braver man by far than Igor KarkaroffYou omega olympic watch know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon\a133"
He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken\a133
And now Harry stood in the headmaster's office yet againIt was nighttime, and Dumbledore sagged sideways in the thronelike chair behind the desk, apparently semiconsciousHis right hand dangled over the side, blackened and burnedSnape was muttering incantations, pointing his wand at the wrist of the hand, while with his left hand he tipped a goblet full of thick golden potion down Dumbledore's throatAfter a moment or two, Dumbledore's eyelids fluttered and opened
"Why," said Snape, without preamble, "\iwhy\i did you put on that ring? It carries a curse, surely you realized thatWhy even touch it?"
Marvolo Gaunt's ring lay on the desk before DumbledoreIt was cracked; the sword of Gryffindor lay beside itSorely tempted\a133"
"Tempted by what?"
Dumbledore did not answer
"It is a dior saddle miracle you managed to return here!" Snape sounded furious"That ring carried a curse of extraordinary power, to contain it is all we can hope for; I have trapped the curse in one hand for the time being - "
Dumbledore raised his blackened, useless hand, and examined it with the expression of one being shown an interesting curio
"You have done very well, SeverusHow long do you think I have?"
Dumbledore's tone was conversational; he might have been asking for a weather forecastSnape hesitated, and then said, "I cannot tellThere is no halting such a spell foreverIt will spread eventually, it is the sort of curse that strengthens over timeThe news that he had less than a year to live seemed a matter of little or no concern to him
"I am fortunate, extremely fortunate, that I have you, Severus
"If you had only summoned me a little earlier, I might have been able to do more, women's rolex watch buy you more time!" said Snape furiouslyHe looked down at the broken ring and the sword"Did you think that breaking the ring would break the curse?"
"Something like that\a133I was delirious, no doubt\a133" said DumbledoreWith an effort he straightened himself in his chair"Well, really, this makes matters much more straightforward
Snape looked utterly perplexed
"I refer to the plan Lord Voldemort is revolving around meHis plan to have the poor Malfoy boy murder me
Snape sat down in the chair Harry had so often occupied, across the desk from DumbledoreHarry could tell that he wanted to say more on the subject of Dumbledore's cursed hand, but the other held it up in polite refusal to discuss the matter furtherScowling, Snape said, "The Dark Lord does not expect Draco to succeedThis is merely
punishment for Lucius's recent failuresSlow torture for Draco's parents, while they mulberry bayswater bag watch him fail and pay the price
"In short, the boy has had a death sentence pronounced upon him as surely as I have," said Dumbledore"Now, I should have thought the natural successor to the job, once Draco fails, is yourself?"
There was a short pause
"That, I think, is the Dark Lord's plan
"Lord Voldemort foresees a moment in the near future when he will not need a spy at Hogwarts?"
"He believes the school will soon be in his grasp, yes
"And if it does fall into his grasp," said Dumbledore, almost, it seemed, as an aside, "I have your word that you will do all in your power to protect the students at Hogwarts?"
Snape gave a stiff nodYour first priority will be to discover what Draco is up toA frightened teenage boy is a danger to others as well as to himselfOffer him help and guidance, he ought to accept, he likes you - "
" - much less since his father has lost tiffany co jewelry favo
Dumbledore turned a page, and said, without looking up, "Keep an eye on Quirrell, won't you?"
A whirl of color, and now everything darkened, and Snape and Dumbledore stood a little apart in the entrance hall, while the last stragglers from the Yule Ball passed them on their way to bed
"Well?" murmured Dumbledore
"Karkaroff's Mark is becoming darker tooHe is panicking, he fears retribution; you know how much help he gave the Ministry after the Dark Lord fell Snape looked sideways at Dumbledore's crooked-nosed profile"Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns
"Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds"And are you tempted to join him?"
"No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures"I am not such a coward
"No," agreed Dumbledore"You are a braver man by far than Igor KarkaroffYou omega olympic watch know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon\a133"
He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken\a133
And now Harry stood in the headmaster's office yet againIt was nighttime, and Dumbledore sagged sideways in the thronelike chair behind the desk, apparently semiconsciousHis right hand dangled over the side, blackened and burnedSnape was muttering incantations, pointing his wand at the wrist of the hand, while with his left hand he tipped a goblet full of thick golden potion down Dumbledore's throatAfter a moment or two, Dumbledore's eyelids fluttered and opened
"Why," said Snape, without preamble, "\iwhy\i did you put on that ring? It carries a curse, surely you realized thatWhy even touch it?"
Marvolo Gaunt's ring lay on the desk before DumbledoreIt was cracked; the sword of Gryffindor lay beside itSorely tempted\a133"
"Tempted by what?"
Dumbledore did not answer
"It is a dior saddle miracle you managed to return here!" Snape sounded furious"That ring carried a curse of extraordinary power, to contain it is all we can hope for; I have trapped the curse in one hand for the time being - "
Dumbledore raised his blackened, useless hand, and examined it with the expression of one being shown an interesting curio
"You have done very well, SeverusHow long do you think I have?"
Dumbledore's tone was conversational; he might have been asking for a weather forecastSnape hesitated, and then said, "I cannot tellThere is no halting such a spell foreverIt will spread eventually, it is the sort of curse that strengthens over timeThe news that he had less than a year to live seemed a matter of little or no concern to him
"I am fortunate, extremely fortunate, that I have you, Severus
"If you had only summoned me a little earlier, I might have been able to do more, women's rolex watch buy you more time!" said Snape furiouslyHe looked down at the broken ring and the sword"Did you think that breaking the ring would break the curse?"
"Something like that\a133I was delirious, no doubt\a133" said DumbledoreWith an effort he straightened himself in his chair"Well, really, this makes matters much more straightforward
Snape looked utterly perplexed
"I refer to the plan Lord Voldemort is revolving around meHis plan to have the poor Malfoy boy murder me
Snape sat down in the chair Harry had so often occupied, across the desk from DumbledoreHarry could tell that he wanted to say more on the subject of Dumbledore's cursed hand, but the other held it up in polite refusal to discuss the matter furtherScowling, Snape said, "The Dark Lord does not expect Draco to succeedThis is merely
punishment for Lucius's recent failuresSlow torture for Draco's parents, while they mulberry bayswater bag watch him fail and pay the price
"In short, the boy has had a death sentence pronounced upon him as surely as I have," said Dumbledore"Now, I should have thought the natural successor to the job, once Draco fails, is yourself?"
There was a short pause
"That, I think, is the Dark Lord's plan
"Lord Voldemort foresees a moment in the near future when he will not need a spy at Hogwarts?"
"He believes the school will soon be in his grasp, yes
"And if it does fall into his grasp," said Dumbledore, almost, it seemed, as an aside, "I have your word that you will do all in your power to protect the students at Hogwarts?"
Snape gave a stiff nodYour first priority will be to discover what Draco is up toA frightened teenage boy is a danger to others as well as to himselfOffer him help and guidance, he ought to accept, he likes you - "
" - much less since his father has lost tiffany co jewelry favo