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186 "Eh." "Crabbe holds them sort of stiff . . . ." "How's this." "Yeah, that's better . . . ." They went down the marble staircase. All they needed now was *218* a Slytherin that they could follow to the Slytherin common room, but there was nobody around.
"Any ideas." muttered Harry.
"The Slytherins always come up to breakfast from over there," said Ron, nodding at the entrance to the dungeons. The words had barely left his mouth when a girl with long, curly hair emerged from the entrance.
"Excuse me," said Ron, hurrying up to her. "We've forgotten the way to our common room." "I beg your pardon." said the girl stiffly. "Our common room. I'm a Ravenclaw." She walked away, looking suspiciously back at them.
Harry and Ron hurried down the stone steps into the darkness, their footsteps echoing particularly loudly as Crabbe's and Goyle's huge feet hit the floor, feeling that this wasn't going to be as easy as they had hoped.
The labyrinthine passages were deserted. They walked deeper and deeper under the school, constantly checking their watches to see how much time they had left. After a quarter of an hour, just when they were getting desperate, they heard a sudden movement ahead.
"Ha!" said Ron excitedly. "There's one of them now!"
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