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Some idiots copied it onto their books and...
Some idiots copied it onto their books and clothes thinking to shock, make themselves impressive - until those of us who had lost family members to Grindelvald taught them better
Krum cracked his knuckles menacingly and glowered at XenophiliusIt seemed incredibly unlikely that Luna's father was a supporter of the Dark Arts, and nobody else in the tent seemed to have recognized the triangular, finlike shape
"Are you - er - quite sure it's Grindelwald's -?"
"I am not mistaken," said Krum coldly"I walked past that sign for several years, I know it vell
"Well, there's a chance," said Harry, "that Xenophilius doesn't actually know what the symbol means, the Lovegoods are quite\a133 unusualHe could have easily picked it up somewhere and think it's a cross section of the head of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack or something
"The cross section of a vot?"
"Well, I don't know what they are, but apparently he and his daughter go on holiday looking for them\a133
Harry felt he was doing a bad job explaining Luna and her father
"That's her," he said, pointing at Luna, who was still gucci paolo watch dancing alone, waving her arms around her head like someone attempting to beat off midges
"Vy is she doing that?" asked Krum
"Probably trying to get rid of a Wrackspurt," said Harry, who recognized the symptoms
Krum did not seem to know whether or not Harry was making fun of himHe drew his hand from inside his robe and tapped it menacingly on his thighs; sparks flew out of the end
"Gregorovitch!" said Harry loudly, and Krum started, but Harry was too excited to care; the memory had come back to him at the sight of Krum's wand: Ollivander taking it and examining it carefully before the Triwizard Tournament
"Vot about him?" asked Krum suspiciously
"He's a wandmaker!"
"I know that," said Krum
"He made your wand! That's why I thought - Quidditch -"
Krum was looking more and more suspicious
"How do you know Gregorovitch made my wand?"
"I\a133I read it somewhere, I think," said Harry"In a - a fan magazine," he improvised wildly and Krum looked mollified
"I had not realized I ever discussed my vand with fans," he said
"So\a133 er\a133 where is Gregorowitch these days?"
Krum bag chloe paddington looked puzzled
"He retired several years agoI was one of the last to purchase a Gregorovitch vandThey are the best -although I know, of course, that your Britons set much store by Ollivander
Harry did not answerHe pretended to watch the dancers, like Krum, but he was thinking hardSo Voldemort was looking for a celebrated wandmaker and Harry did not have to search far for a reasonIt was surely because of what Harry' wand had done on the night that Voldemort pursued him across the skiesThe holly and phoenix feather wand had conquered the borrowed wand, some thing that Ollivander had not anticipated or understoodWould Gregorowitch know better? Was he truly more skilled than Ollivander, did he know secrets of wands that Ollivander did not?
"This girl is very nice-looking," Krum said, recalling Harry to his surroundingsKrum was pointing at Ginny, who had just joined Luna"She is also a relative of yours?"
"Yeah," said Harry, suddenly irritated, "and she's seeing someoneYou wouldn't want to cross him
"Vot," he said, draining his goblet and getting to his feet again, "is the vintage hermes point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?"
And he strode off leaving Harry to take a sandwich from a passing waiter and make his way around the edge of the crowded dance floorHe wanted to find Ron, to tell him about Gregorovitch, but he was dancing with Hermione out in the middle of the floorHarry leaned up against one of the golden pillars and watched Ginny, who was now dancing with Fred and George's friend Lee Jordan, trying not to feel resentful about the promise he had given Ron
He had never been to a wedding before, so he could not judge how Wizarding celebrations differed from Muggle ones, though he was pretty sure that the latter would not involve a wedding cake topped with two model phoenixes that took flight when the cake was cut, or bottles of champagne that floated unsupported through the crowdAs the evening drew in, and moths began to swoop under the canopy, now lit with floating golden lanterns, the revelry became more and more uncontainedFred and George had long since disappeared into the darkness with a pair of gucci boston bag Fleur's cousins; Charlie, Hagrid, and a squat wizard in a purple porkpie hat were singing "Odo the Hero" in the corner
Wandering through the crowd so as to escape a drunken uncle of Ron's who seemed unsure whether or not Harry was his son, Harry spotted an old wizard sitting alone at a tableHis cloud of white hair made him look rather like an aged dandelion clock and was topped by a moth-eaten fezHe was vaguely familiar: Racking his brains, Harry suddenly realized that this was Elphias Doge, member of the Order of the Phoenix and the writer of Dumbledore's obituary
Harry approached him
"May I sit down?"
"Of course, of course," said Doge; he had a rather high-pitched, wheezy voiceDoge, I'm Harry Potter
"My dear boy! Arthur told me you were here, disguised\a133I am so glad, so honored!"
In a flutter of nervous pleasure Doge poured Harry a goblet of champagne
"I thought of writing to you," he whispered, "after Dumbledore\a133 the shock\a133 and for you, I am sure\a133"
Doge's tiny eyes filled with sudden tears
"I saw the obituary you wrote for the \iDaily Prophet\i," said ceramic chanel H
Krum cracked his knuckles menacingly and glowered at XenophiliusIt seemed incredibly unlikely that Luna's father was a supporter of the Dark Arts, and nobody else in the tent seemed to have recognized the triangular, finlike shape
"Are you - er - quite sure it's Grindelwald's -?"
"I am not mistaken," said Krum coldly"I walked past that sign for several years, I know it vell
"Well, there's a chance," said Harry, "that Xenophilius doesn't actually know what the symbol means, the Lovegoods are quite\a133 unusualHe could have easily picked it up somewhere and think it's a cross section of the head of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack or something
"The cross section of a vot?"
"Well, I don't know what they are, but apparently he and his daughter go on holiday looking for them\a133
Harry felt he was doing a bad job explaining Luna and her father
"That's her," he said, pointing at Luna, who was still gucci paolo watch dancing alone, waving her arms around her head like someone attempting to beat off midges
"Vy is she doing that?" asked Krum
"Probably trying to get rid of a Wrackspurt," said Harry, who recognized the symptoms
Krum did not seem to know whether or not Harry was making fun of himHe drew his hand from inside his robe and tapped it menacingly on his thighs; sparks flew out of the end
"Gregorovitch!" said Harry loudly, and Krum started, but Harry was too excited to care; the memory had come back to him at the sight of Krum's wand: Ollivander taking it and examining it carefully before the Triwizard Tournament
"Vot about him?" asked Krum suspiciously
"He's a wandmaker!"
"I know that," said Krum
"He made your wand! That's why I thought - Quidditch -"
Krum was looking more and more suspicious
"How do you know Gregorovitch made my wand?"
"I\a133I read it somewhere, I think," said Harry"In a - a fan magazine," he improvised wildly and Krum looked mollified
"I had not realized I ever discussed my vand with fans," he said
"So\a133 er\a133 where is Gregorowitch these days?"
Krum bag chloe paddington looked puzzled
"He retired several years agoI was one of the last to purchase a Gregorovitch vandThey are the best -although I know, of course, that your Britons set much store by Ollivander
Harry did not answerHe pretended to watch the dancers, like Krum, but he was thinking hardSo Voldemort was looking for a celebrated wandmaker and Harry did not have to search far for a reasonIt was surely because of what Harry' wand had done on the night that Voldemort pursued him across the skiesThe holly and phoenix feather wand had conquered the borrowed wand, some thing that Ollivander had not anticipated or understoodWould Gregorowitch know better? Was he truly more skilled than Ollivander, did he know secrets of wands that Ollivander did not?
"This girl is very nice-looking," Krum said, recalling Harry to his surroundingsKrum was pointing at Ginny, who had just joined Luna"She is also a relative of yours?"
"Yeah," said Harry, suddenly irritated, "and she's seeing someoneYou wouldn't want to cross him
"Vot," he said, draining his goblet and getting to his feet again, "is the vintage hermes point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?"
And he strode off leaving Harry to take a sandwich from a passing waiter and make his way around the edge of the crowded dance floorHe wanted to find Ron, to tell him about Gregorovitch, but he was dancing with Hermione out in the middle of the floorHarry leaned up against one of the golden pillars and watched Ginny, who was now dancing with Fred and George's friend Lee Jordan, trying not to feel resentful about the promise he had given Ron
He had never been to a wedding before, so he could not judge how Wizarding celebrations differed from Muggle ones, though he was pretty sure that the latter would not involve a wedding cake topped with two model phoenixes that took flight when the cake was cut, or bottles of champagne that floated unsupported through the crowdAs the evening drew in, and moths began to swoop under the canopy, now lit with floating golden lanterns, the revelry became more and more uncontainedFred and George had long since disappeared into the darkness with a pair of gucci boston bag Fleur's cousins; Charlie, Hagrid, and a squat wizard in a purple porkpie hat were singing "Odo the Hero" in the corner
Wandering through the crowd so as to escape a drunken uncle of Ron's who seemed unsure whether or not Harry was his son, Harry spotted an old wizard sitting alone at a tableHis cloud of white hair made him look rather like an aged dandelion clock and was topped by a moth-eaten fezHe was vaguely familiar: Racking his brains, Harry suddenly realized that this was Elphias Doge, member of the Order of the Phoenix and the writer of Dumbledore's obituary
Harry approached him
"May I sit down?"
"Of course, of course," said Doge; he had a rather high-pitched, wheezy voiceDoge, I'm Harry Potter
"My dear boy! Arthur told me you were here, disguised\a133I am so glad, so honored!"
In a flutter of nervous pleasure Doge poured Harry a goblet of champagne
"I thought of writing to you," he whispered, "after Dumbledore\a133 the shock\a133 and for you, I am sure\a133"
Doge's tiny eyes filled with sudden tears
"I saw the obituary you wrote for the \iDaily Prophet\i," said ceramic chanel H
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