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loors up. it was a relief to be away from
the smell of the troll, quite apart from anything else.
”we should have gotteen prumbled.
”five, you mean, oaken off hermiones.”
”get us out of trouble like that,” ron
admitted. ”mind you, we did save her.”
”she might not have needed saving if we hadnt locked the thing
in with her,” harry reminded him.
they had reached the portrait of the fat lady.
”pig snout,” they said aered.
the aoisy. everyohe
food that had bee up. hermioood alohe
d for them. there was a very embarrassed pause. then,
hem lookiher, they all said ”thanks,” and
hurried off to get plates.
but from that moment raheir
friend. there are some things you t share without ending up
likiher, and knog out a twelve-foot mountain troll
is ohem.
chapter eleven
quidditch
as they entered he weather turned very cold. the
mountains around the se id the lake like chilled
steel. every m the ground was frost. hagrid could
be seeairs wiing broomsti the
quidditch field, bundled up in a long moleski, rabbit
fur gloves, and enormous beaverskin boots.
the quiddit had begun. on saturday, harry would
be playing in his first match after weeks ryffindor
versus slytherin. if gryffindor won, they would move up into sed
pla the house ship.
hardly anyone had seen harry play because wood had decided that,
as their secret on, harry should be kept, well, secret. but
the he laying seeker had leaked out somehow, and
harry didnt knoorse -- people telling him hed be
brilliaelling him theyd be running arouh
him holding a mattress.
it was really lucky that harry now had hermlone as a friend. he
didnt know how hed have gh all his homework without
her, what with all the last-mich practice wood was
making them do. she had also tent him quidditch through the ages,
whied out to be a very iing read.
harry learhere were seven hundred ways of itting
a quidditd that all of them had happened during a world
cup mat 1473; that seekers were usually the smallest and
fastest players, and that most serious quidditts seemed to
happe although people rarely died playing quidditch,
referees had been known to vanish and turn up mohe
sahara desert.
hermione had bee a bit more relaxed ab rules
since harry and ron had saved her from the mountain troll, and she
was muicer for it. the day before harrys first quidditch match
the three of them were out in the freezing c break,
and she had jured them up a bright blue fire that could be
carried around in a jam jar. they were standing with their backs
to it, getting warm, e crossed the yard. harry noticed
at o snape ing. harry, ron, and hermione moved
clether to block the fire from view; they were sure it
wouldnt be allowed. uhing abuilty
faces apes eye. he limped over. he hadhe fire,
but he seemed to be looking for a reasohem off anyway.
”whats that youve got there, potter?”
it was quidditch through the ages. harry showed him.
”library books are akehe school,” said
snape. ”give it to me. five pryffindor.”
”hes just made that rule up,” harry muttered angrily as snape
limped ahats wrong with his leg?”
”dunno, but i hope its really hurting him,” said ron bitterly.
the gryffindor was very noisy that evening. harry,
ron, and hermioogether o a window. hermione was
g harry and rons ework for them. she would never
let them copy (”how will you learn?”), but by askio read
it through, they ght answers anyway.
harry felt restless. he w