So,โ sneered Fudge, recovering himself, โyou intend to take on Dawlish, Shacklebolt, Dolores, and myself single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?โ โMerlinโs beard, no,โ said Dumbledore, smiling. โNot unless you are foolish enough to force me to.โ โHe will not be single-handed!โ said Professor McGonagall loudly, plunging her hand inside her robes. โOh yes he will, Minerva!โ said Dumbledore sharply. โHogwarts needs you!
J. K. RowlingNow, I donโt want any of you youngsters to worry โ youโll still have your Potions master when Iโm through with him, never fear!โ โWouldnโt it be good if they finished each other off?โ Ron muttered in Harryโs ear.
J. K. RowlingBut you're dead," said Harry. "Oh yes," said Dumbledore matter-of-factly. "Then...I'm dead too?" "Ah," said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. "That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not.โ They looked at each other, the old man still beaming. "Not?" repeated Harry. "Not," said Dumbledore. "Butโฆ" Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. "But I should have diedโI didn't defend myself! I meant to let him kill me!" "And that," said Dumbledore, "will, I think, have made all the difference.
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