Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore's pet bird to die while he was all alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames.
J. K. RowlingSo after E, itโs A for โAcceptable,โ and thatโs the last pass grade, isnโt it?โ โYep,โ said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup, transferring it to his mouth, and swallowing it whole. โThen you get P for โPoorโ โ โ Ron raised both his arms in mock celebration โ โand D for โDreadful.โ โ โAnd then T,โ George reminded him. โT?โ asked Hermione, looking appalled. โEven lower than a D? What on earth does that stand for?โ โ โTroll,โ โ said George promptly.
J. K. RowlingHarry felt winded, as though he had just walked into something heavy. He had last seen those cool gray eyes through slits in a Death Eaterโs hood, and last heard that manโs voice jeering in a dark graveyard while Lord Voldemort tortured him. He could not believe that Lucius Malfoy dared look him in the face; he could not believe that he was here, in the Ministry of Magic, or that Cornelius Fudge was talking to him, when Harry had told Fudge mere weeks ago that Malfoy was a Death Eater.
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