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第8章 始作俑者

‘Cho?’ he said weakly, wishing Roger would seize his girlfriend and start kissing her again to stop her goggling at him and Cho.

‘I don't intend to tell him more than he needs to know, Molly,’ said Sirius. ‘But as he was the one who saw Voldemort come back’ (again, there was a collective shudder around the table at the name), ‘he has more right than most to—’

‘Barkis will be so glad,’ said Peggotty, wiping her eyes with her

‘But I'd have seen—’

It opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in,

‘Harry, we saw Uranus up close!’ said Ron, still giggling feebly. ‘Get it, Harry? We saw Uranus—ha ha ha—’

‘Cheer up, Mas’r Davy bor’!’ said Ham, in his simpering way.

‘— so it's the first test for new Gryffindor Keeper Weasley, brother of Beaters Fred and George, and a promising new talent on the team—come on, Ron!’

‘I'm a Squib, as Mundungus knows full well, so how on earth was I supposed to help you fight off dementors? He left you completely without cover when I'd warned him—’