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mier this time.

three boys entered, and harry reized the middle o once:

it ale boy from madam malkins robe shop. he was looking at

harry with a lot more ihan hed shown ba diagon alley.

”is it true?” he said. ”theyre saying all dowhat

harry potters in this ent. so its you, is it?”

”yes,” said harry. he was lookiher boys. both of

them were thid looked extremely mean. staher

side of the pale boy, they looked like bodyguards.

”oh, this is d this is goyle,” said the pale boy

carelessly, notig where harry was looking. ”and my names malfoy,

draalfoy.”

ro cough, which might have been hiding a

s. draalfoy looked at him.

”think my names funny, do you? o ask who you are. my

father told me all the weasleys have red hair, fred more

than they afford.”

he turo harry. ”youll soon find out s

families are much better thaer. you dont want to go

makih the wrong sort. i help you there.”

he held out his hand to shake harrys, but harry didnt take it.

”i think i tell wh sort are for myself, thanks,”

he said coolly.

draalfoy didnt go red, but a pink tinge appeared in his

pale cheeks.

”id be careful if i were you, potter,” he said slowly. ”unless

youre a bit politer youll go the same arents. they

didnt knoas good for them, either. you hang around with

riffraff like the weasleys and that hagrid, and itll rub off

on you.”

both harry and ron stood up.

”say that again,” ron said, his face as red as his hair.

”oh, y to fight us, are you?” malfoy sneered.

”unless you get out now,” said harry, more bravely tha,

because d goyle were a lot bigger than him or ron.

”but we do like leaving, do we, boys? weve eaten all

our food and you still seem to have some.”

goyle reached toward the chs o ron - ron

leapt forward, but before hed so much as touched goyle, goyle let

out a horrible yell.

scabbers the rat was hanging off his finger, sharp little teeth

suo goyles knuckle - d malfoy backed away as

goyle swung scabbers round and round, howling, as

finally flew off and hit the window, all three of them disappeared

at ohey thought there were more rats lurking among the

sweets, or perhaps theyd heard footsteps, because a sed later,

hermier had e in.

”what has been going on?” she said, lookis all

over the floor and ron pig up scabbers by his tail.

i think hes bee,” ron said to harry. he looked

closer at scabbers. ”no -- i do -- hes gone back

to sleep-”

and so he had.

”youve met malfoy before?”

harry explaiheir meeting in diagon alley.

”ive heard of his family,” said ron darkly. ”they were

some of the first to e back to our side after you-know-who

disappeared. said theyd beeched. my dad doesnt believe

it. he says malfoys father didnt o go over to the

dark side.” he turo hermione. ” we help you with something?”

”youd better hurry up and put your robes on, ive just been

up to the front to ask the dud he says were nearly

there. you haveing, have you? youll be in trouble

before we evehere!”

”scabbers has been fighting, not us,” said ron, sg at

her. ”would you mind leaving while we ge?”

”all right -- i only here because people outside are

behaving very childishly, rad down the corridors,” said

hermione in a sniffy void youve got dirt on your nose,

by the way, did you know?”

ro her as she left. harry peered out of the window. it

was getting dark. he ountains as under a deep

purple sky. the train did