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"ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"
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had
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had passed
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"Oh, right!"
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passed
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passed since
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said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it,
muttered something, and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had
used on Snape at the plant.
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since
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since the
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In a matter of seconds, the two boys felt it
loosening its grip as it cringed away from the light and warmth.
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the
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the Dursleys
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Wriggling and flailing, it unraveled itself from their bodies, and they
were able to pull free.
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Dursleys
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Dursleys had
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"Lucky you pay attention in Herbology, Hermione," said Harry as he
joined her by the wall, wiping sweat off his face.
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had
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had woken
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"Yeah," said Ron, "and lucky Harry doesn't lose his head in a crisis --
'there's no wood,' honestly."
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woken
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woken up
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"This way," said Harry, pointing down a stone passageway, which was the
only way forward.
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up
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up to
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All they could hear apart from their footsteps was the gentle drip of
water trickling down the walls.
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to
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to find
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The passageway sloped downward, and
Harry was reminded of Gringotts.
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find
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find their
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With an unpleasant jolt of the heart,
he remembered the dragons said to be guarding vaults in the wizards'
bank.
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their
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their nephew
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If they met a dragon, a fully-grown dragon -- Norbert had been bad
enough...
"Can you hear something?"
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nephew
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nephew on
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Ron whispered.
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on
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on the
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Harry listened.
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the
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the front
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A soft rustling and clinking seemed to be coming from up
ahead.
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front
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front step
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"Do you think it's a ghost?"
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step
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step ,
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"I don't know... sounds like wings to me."
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,
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, but
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"There's light ahead -- I can see something moving."
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but
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but Privet
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They reached the end of the passageway and saw before them a brilliantly
lit chamber, its ceiling arching high above them.
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Privet
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Privet Drive
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It was full of small,
jewel-bright birds, fluttering and tumbling all around the room.
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Drive
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Drive had
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On the
opposite side of the chamber was a heavy wooden door.
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had
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had hardly
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"Do you think they'll attack us if we cross the room?"
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hardly
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hardly changed
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said Ron.
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changed
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changed at
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"Probably," said Harry.
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at
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at all
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"They don't look very vicious, but I suppose if
they all swooped down at once... well, there's no other choice...
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all
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all .
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I'll
run."
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.
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. The
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He took a deep breath, covered his face with his arms, and sprinted
across the room.
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The
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The sun
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He expected to feel sharp beaks and claws tearing at
him any second, but nothing happened.
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sun
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sun rose
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He reached the door untouched.
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rose
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rose on
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He
pulled the handle, but it was locked.
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on
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on the
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The other two followed him.
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the
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the same
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They tugged and heaved at the door, but it
wouldn't budge, not even when Hermione tried her Alohomora charm.
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same
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same tidy
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"Now what?"
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tidy
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tidy front
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said Ron.
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front
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front gardens
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"These birds... they can't be here just for decoration," said Hermione.
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gardens
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gardens and
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They watched the birds soaring overhead, glittering -- glittering?
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and
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and lit
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"They're not birds!"
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lit
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lit up
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Harry said suddenly.
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up
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up the
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"They're keys!
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the
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the brass
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Winged keys --
look carefully.
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brass
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brass number
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So that must mean..." he looked around the chamber while
the other two squinted up at the flock of keys.
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number
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number four
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"... yes -- look!
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four
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four on
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Broomsticks!
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on
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on the
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We've got to catch the key to the door!"
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the
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the Dursleys
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"But there are hundreds of them!"
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Dursleys
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Dursleys '
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Ron examined the lock on the door.
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'
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' front
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"We're looking for a big, old-fashioned one -- probably silver, like the
handle."
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front
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front door
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They each seized a broomstick and kicked off into the air, soaring into
the midst of the cloud of keys.
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door
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door ;
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They grabbed and snatched, but the
bewitched keys darted and dived so quickly it was almost impossible to
catch one.
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;
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; it
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Not for nothing, though, was Harry the youngest Seeker in a century.
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it
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it crept
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He
had a knack for spotting things other people didn't.
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crept
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crept into
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After a minute's
weaving about through the whirl of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large
silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and
stuffed roughly into the keyhole.
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into
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into their
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"That one!"
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their
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their living
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he called to the others.
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living
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living room
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"That big one -- there -- no, there
-- with bright blue wings -- the feathers are all crumpled on one side."
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room
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room ,
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Ron went speeding in the direction that Harry was pointing, crashed into
the ceiling, and nearly fell off his broom.
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,
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, which
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"We've got to close in on it!"
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which
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which was
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Harry called, not taking his eyes off the
key with the damaged wing.
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was
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was almost
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"Ron, you come at it from above -- Hermione,
stay below and stop it from going down and I'll try and catch it.
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almost
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almost exactly
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Right,
NOW!"
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exactly
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exactly the
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Ron dived, Hermione rocketed upward, the key dodged them both, and Harry
streaked after it; it sped toward the wall, Harry leaned forward and
with a nasty, crunching noise, pinned it against the stone with one
hand.
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the
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the same
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Ron and Hermione's cheers echoed around the high chamber.
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same
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same as
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They landed quickly, and Harry ran to the door, the key struggling in
his hand.
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as
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as it
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He rammed it into the lock and turned -- it worked.
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it
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it had
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The moment
the lock had clicked open, the key took flight again, looking very
battered now that it had been caught twice.
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had
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had been
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"Ready?"
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been
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been on
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Harry asked the other two, his hand on the door handle.
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on
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on the
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They
nodded.
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the
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the night
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He pulled the door open.
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night
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night when
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The next chamber was so dark they couldn't see anything at all.
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when
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when Mr.
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But as
they stepped into it, light suddenly flooded the room to reveal an
astonishing sight.
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Mr.
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Mr. Dursley
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They were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard, behind the black
chessmen, which were all taller than they were and carved from what
looked like black stone.
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Dursley
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Dursley had
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Facing them, way across the chamber, were the
white pieces.
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had
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had seen
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Harry, Ron and Hermione shivered slightly -- the towering
white chessmen had no faces.
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seen
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seen that
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"Now what do we do?"
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that
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that fateful
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Harry whispered.
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fateful
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fateful news
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"It's obvious, isn't it?"
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news
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news report
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said Ron.
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report
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report about
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"We've got to play our way across
the room."
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about
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about the
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Behind the white pieces they could see another door.
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the
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the owls
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"How?"
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owls
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owls .
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said Hermione nervously.
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.
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. Only
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"I think," said Ron, "we're going to have to be chessmen."
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Only
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Only the
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He walked up to a black knight and put his hand out to touch the
knight's horse.
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the
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the photographs
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At once, the stone sprang to life.
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photographs
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photographs on
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The horse pawed the
ground and the knight turned his helmeted head to look down at Ron.
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on
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on the
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"Do we -- er -- have to join you to get across?"
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the
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the mantelpiece
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The black knight
nodded.
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mantelpiece
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mantelpiece really
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Ron turned to the other two.
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really
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really showed
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"This needs thinking about he said.
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showed
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showed how
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I suppose we've got to take the
place of three of the black pieces...."
Harry and Hermione stayed quiet, watching Ron think.
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how
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how much
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Finally he said,
"Now, don't be offended or anything, but neither of you are that good at
chess --"
"We're not offended," said Harry quickly.
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much
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much time
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"Just tell us what to do."
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time
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time had
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"Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop, and Hermione, YOU 90
next to him instead of that castle."
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had
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had passed
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"What about you?"
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passed
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passed .
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"I'm going to be a knight," said Ron.
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.
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. Ten
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The chessmen seemed to have been listening, because at these words a
knight, a bishop, and a castle turned their backs on the white pieces
and walked off the board, leaving three empty squares that Harry, Ron,
and Hermione took.
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Ten
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Ten years
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"White always plays first in chess," said Ron, peering across the board.
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years
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years ago
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"Yes... look..."
A white pawn had moved forward two squares.
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ago
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ago ,
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Ron started to direct the black pieces.
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,
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, there
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