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| 'Oh, come on, no teacher's going to fall for that,' said Ron. 'They'd have to be really thick ...' | |
| And together they walked back through the gateway to the Muggle world. | |
| 'You've read his books - look at all those amazing things he's done ...' 'He says he's done,' Ron muttered. | |
| 'I don't get it, either.' | |
| 'Wait till everyone finds out you've got a tail!' | |
| Harry crossed to his bedroom on tiptoe, slipped inside, closed the door and turned to collapse on his bed. The trouble was, there was already someone sitting on it. | |
| 'Amazing,' said Neville, awestruck. Harry couldn't help it. He grinned, too. | |
| Fawkes was leading the way, glowing gold along the corridor. They strode after him, and... found themselves outside Professor McGonagall's office. Harry... pushed the door open. | |
| The serpents parted as the wall cracked open, the halves slid smoothly out of sight, and Harry, shaking from head to foot, walked inside. | |
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| Ron Weasley was outside Harry's window. | |
| 'Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago.' | |
| Ron's ears went pink. | |
| This must be where Dumbledore lived. | |
| Fang started howling, scratching at the closed door. | |
| It was Draco Malfoy. He had pushed to the front of the crowd, his cold eyes alive, his usually bloodless face flushed, as he grinned at the sight of the hanging, immobile cat. | |
| 'You don't think - not Moaning Myrtle?' | |
| Harry took off his glasses and put them safely in his pocket before helping himself to Floo powder. It definitely wasn't his favourite way to travel. | |
| And from what Harry could see of Professor McGonagall's shadowy face, she didn't understand this any better than he did. | |
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