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第9章 以攻为守

“Something wrong?” asked Ron.

“Thought it was what boy?” inquired the senior officer.

“Stand still a minute,” cried the voice; “I’ll be with you directly.”

“We thought you knew what you were doing!” shouted Ron, standing up, and his words Harry like scalding knives. “We thought Dumbledore had told you what to do, we thought you had a real plan!”

“The house-elves, they’ll all be down in the kitchen, won’t they?”

“S-P-E-W!” said Hermione hotly. “I was going to put Stop the Outrageous Abuse of Our Fellow Magical Creatures and Campaign for a Change in Their Legal Status - but it wouldn't fit. So that's the heading of our manifesto.”

“That was Potter!”

“They look a lot happier than the Beauxbatons lot,” said Harry. The Durmstrang students were pulling off their heavy furs and looking up at the starry black ceiling with expressions of interest; a couple of them were picking up the golden plates and goblets and examining them, apparently impressed.

“Some would say it's your duty to be used by the Ministry!”