There was only one thing for Uncle Vernon to do. If he told Harry he couldn’t go to the Quidditch World Cup, Harry would write and tell Sirius, who would know Harry was being mistreated. If he tried to stop Harry writing to Sirius, Sirius would think Harry was being mistreated. He could almost see the cogs working under Uncle Vernon’s thick, dark, neatly parted hair. “It’s been a while since he heard from me, and, you know, if he doesn’t, he might start thinking something’s wrong.” He stopped there to enjoy the effect of these words. “You’re - you’re writing to him, are you?” said Uncle Vernon, in a would-be calm voice - but Harry had seen the pupils of his tiny eyes contract with sudden fear. Now he watched the purple recede blotchily from Uncle Vernon’s face, making it look like badly mixed black currant ice cream. You know - my godfather.” He had done it. Can I go now, then? Only I’ve got a letter to Sirius I want to finish. “Harry took a deep, steadying breath and then said, “Okay, I can’t see the World Cup. She rounded on Ron, Hermione, andīill as though they were being noisy, and hissed, "Did you hear? He needs quiet!” But I do not want you questioning him until he is ready to answer, and certainly not this evening." If he would like you all to stay with him," he added, looking around at Ron, Hermione, and Bill too, "you may do so. He has just had to relive it for me.What he needs now is sleep, and peace, and quiet. Harry has been through a terrible ordeal tonight. "Molly," he said, holding up a hand, "please listen to me for a moment. She started to hurry toward him, but Dumbledore moved between them.
Weasley let out a kind of muffled scream. Them whipped around as Harry, Dumbledore, and the black dog entered, and Mrs. They appeared toīe demanding to know where Harry was and what had happened to him. Hermione grouped around a harassed-looking Madam Pomfrey. Walked with Harry and Dumbledore out of the office, accompanying them down a He transformed back into the great black dog and Sirius, would you like to stay with him?" I do not want you returning to the dormitory tonight.
You will come with me to the hospital wing. You have shouldered a grown wizard's burden and found yourself equal to it - and you have now given us all we have a right to expect. You have shown bravery equal to those who died fighting Voldemort at the height of his powers. "You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you tonight. “I will say it again," said Dumbledore as the phoenix rose into the air and resettled itself upon the perch beside the door.