Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?' 'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.
J. K. RowlingTHIRTYโZERO! TAKE THAT, YOU DIRTY, CHEATING โโ โJordan, if you canโt commentate in an unbiased way โ !โ โIโm telling it like it is, Professor!
J. K. RowlingI love you, Hermione,โ said Ron, sinking back, rubbing his eyes wearily. Hermione turned faintly pink, but merely said, โDonโt let Lavender hear you saying that.โ โI wonโt,โ said Ron into his hands. โOr maybe I will . . . then sheโll ditch me . . .
J. K. RowlingCan't stay long, Mother," he said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-" "Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea." "Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once-" "Or twice-" "A minute-" "All summer-" "Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect.
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