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all top secret. . . ." "I won't say anything," said Harry. He hesitated for a moment, wondering how best to embark on what he wanted to say; as he marshaled his thoughts, Celestina Warbeck began a ballad called "You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me." "Mr. Weasley, you know what I told you at the station when we were setting off for school." "I checked, Harry," said Mr. Weasley at once. "I went and searched the Malfoys' house.
There was nothing, either broken or whole, that shouldn't have been there." "Yeah, I know, I saw in the Prophet that you'd looked . . . but this is something different. . . . Well, something more ..." And he told Mr. Weasley everything he had overheard between Malfoy and Snape, As Harry spoke, he saw Lupin's head turn a little toward him, taking in every word. When he had finished, there was silence, except for Celestina's crooning.
Oh, my poor heart, where has it gone. It's left me for a spell...
"Has it occurred to you, Harry," said Mr. Weasley, "that Snape was simply pretending — ." "Pretending to offer help, so that he could find out what Malfoy's up to." said Harry quickly. "Yeah, I thought you'd say that. But how do we know." "It isn't our business to know," said Lupin unexpectedly. He had turned his back on the fire now and faced Harry across Mr. Weasley. "It's Dumbledore’s business. Dumbledore trusts Severus, and that ought to be good enough for all of us." "But," said Harry, "just say — just say Dumbledores wrong about Snape —" "People have said it, many times. It comes down to whether or not you trust Dumbledore’s judgment. I do; therefore, I trust Severus." "But Dumbledore can make mistakes," argued Harry. "He says it himself. And you" — he looked Lupin straight in the eye — "do you honestly like Snape." "I neither like nor dislike Severus," said Lupin. "No, Harry, I am speaking the truth," he added, as Harry pulled a skeptical expression. "We shall never be bosom friends, perhaps; after all that happened between James and Sirius and Severus, there is too much bitterness there. But I do not forget that during the year I taught at Hogwarts, Severus made the Wolfsbane Potion for me every month, made it perfectly, so that I did not have to suffer as I usually do at the full moon." "But he 'accidentally' let it slip that you're a werewolf, so you had to leave!" said Harry angrily.
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