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第4章 如数家珍

There ON be monks in Russia, for penance, that will sit a whole night in a vessel of water, till they be engaged with hard ice. Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind, and body. Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man\'s life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good

The silence within the office was absolute. Neither Dumbledore nor Harry nor any of the portraits made a sound. Even Fawkes had fallen silent.

There, I found my mother, very pale and with red eyes: into whose

their persons from the rain, and sheltering them from observation.

the wood I have before alluded to. But my night was wretched, my

They had reached a large stone reindeer now, over which they could see the sparkling jets of a tall fountain. The shadowy outlines of two enormous people were visible on a stone bench, watching the water in the moonlight. And then Harry heard Hagrid speak.

This was far from being a place of doubtful character; for it had

thought he might have been here today, sir. The mistake is mine,

This was addressed to a bluff old fellow, in a striped waistcoat,