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“Perhaps you'd like to take it now?”

“Ridiculous!” said Hermione faintly.

“No!” said Harry. He got up again. “I'll have one more go! I'm not thinking of happy enough things, that's what it is…hang on…”

“Put down the light,” said the girl, turning away her head; “it

“Right,” he said, sitting on Harry's ankles. “Here is your singing valentine:

“Library.” Harry finished her sentence for her. “C'mon, quick, or we won't get decent seats.”

“Persons’ bodies, ain’t it, father?” asked the lively boy.

“Just Muggle-baiting,” sighed Mr. Weasley. “Sell them a key that keeps shrinking to nothing so they can never find it when they need it… Of course, it's very hard to convict anyone because no Muggle would admit their key keeps shrinking - they'll insist they just keep losing it. Bless them, they'll go to any lengths to ignore magic, even if it's staring them in the face… But the things our lot have taken to enchanting, you wouldn't believe—”

“Ooooh - who?” she said keenly.