Snape looked horrified. 'You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?''Don't look shocked, Severus. How many men and women have you watched die?''Lately, only those whom I could not save', said Snape.
Do you mean to tell me_, he growled a the Dursleys, __hat this boy- this boy! - knows nothin_ abou_ - about ANYTHING?__arry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks were__t bad.__ know some things,_ he said. _ I can, you know, do maths and stuff.__ut Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, __bout our world, I mean. Your world. My world. Yer_ parents world._ __hat world?__agrid looked at though he was about to explode.__URSLEY!_ he boomed.Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like __imblewimble_. Hagrid stared wildly at Harry.__ut yeh must know about yer mum and dad_, he said. __ mean, they__e famous. You__e famous. __hat? My - my mum and dad weren__ famous, were they?___eh don_ know... yeh don_ know..._ Hagrid ran his fingers through his hair, fixing Harry with a bewildered stare.__eh don_ know what yeh are?_ he said finally.Uncle Vernon suddenly found his voice.__top!_ he commanded, __top right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!__ braver man than Vernon dudley would have quailed under the furious look Hagrid now gave him; when Hagrid spoke, his every syllable trembled with rage.__ou never told him? Never told him what was in the latter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An_ you kept it from him all these years?___ept what from me?_ said Harry eagerly.__TOP! I FORBID YOU!_ yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.__h, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,_ said Hagrid. __arry - yer a wizard.
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Do you mean to tell me_, he growled a the Dursleys, __hat this boy- this boy! - knows nothin_ abou_ - about ANYTHING?__arry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks were__t bad.__ know some things,_ he said. _ I can, you know, do maths and stuff.__ut Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, __bout our world, I mean. Your world. My world. Yer_ parents world._ __hat world?__agrid looked at though he was about to explode.__URSLEY!_ he boomed.Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like __imblewimble_. Hagrid stared wildly at Harry.__ut yeh must know about yer mum and dad_, he said. __ mean, they__e famous. You__e famous. __hat? My - my mum and dad weren__ famous, were they?___eh don_ know... yeh don_ know..._ Hagrid ran his fingers through his hair, fixing Harry with a bewildered stare.__eh don_ know what yeh are?_ he said finally.Uncle Vernon suddenly found his voice.__top!_ he commanded, __top right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!__ braver man than Vernon dudley would have quailed under the furious look Hagrid now gave him; when Hagrid spoke, his every syllable trembled with rage.__ou never told him? Never told him what was in the latter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An_ you kept it from him all these years?___ept what from me?_ said Harry eagerly.__TOP! I FORBID YOU!_ yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.__h, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,_ said Hagrid. __arry - yer a wizard.
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