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第8章 差点酿成的弥天大祸

“Getting out of a coach,” replied Oliver, shedding tears of

“C'mon,” said Fred, grabbing Ginny's hand and starting to pull her toward the wood. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and George followed. They all looked back as they reached the trees. The crowd beneath the Roberts family was larger than ever; they could see the Ministry wizards trying to get through it to the hooded wizards in the center, but they were having great difficulty. It looked as though they were scared to perform any spell that might make the Roberts family fall.

“But are your relatives so very poor? Are they working

“Er — Minister? Can I ask you something?”

“Because you're not of age and you haven't passed your test,” snapped Mrs. Weasley. “And where have those girls got to?”

“And what are we doing here?”

“‘Course they don’t,” said Ron. “They haven’t got a clue. And now you mention it, I wanted to talk to you about that.”

“All right,” said Harry bitterly, “if she does when she's talking to me.”

“Don’t even think about it,” Ron snarled at her. before Hermione could get farther than “Ron, I’m just as capable – The tapestry at the top of the staircase on which they stood was ripped open.