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“Is there anything in that box that you ought not to have?” asked Dumbledore.

“I hope you are telling the truth, because it was both clumsy and foolish. Already you are suspected of having a hand in it.”

“I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best-laid plans. But I know better now. I understand those things that I did not understand before. I must be the one to kill Harry Potter, and I shall be.”

“How dare you urge me to it, young man?” replied Mr.

“I don't exactly understand what you want,” said Harry slowly. “'Stand alongside the Ministry'... What does that mean?”

“It has everything to do with the prophecy.”

“I am willing to amuse you, if I can, sir—quite willing; but I

“I'm going for it!” Fred Weasley hissed down the table, his face lit with enthusiasm at the prospect of such glory and riches. He was not the only person who seemed to be visualizing himself as the Hogwarts champion. At every House table, Harry could see people either gazing raptly at Dumbledore, or else whispering fervently to their neighbors. But then Dumbledore spoke again, and the Hall quieted once more.

“I am weak...” he said.