Verbs 3

“Fancy seeing you here, Professor McGonagall.”
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He turned to smile at the tabby, but it had gone. Instead he was smiling at a rather severe-looking woman who was wearing square glasses exactly the shape of the markings the cat had had around its eyes. She, too, was wearing a cloak, an emerald one. Her black hair was Fill in the blank 1 of 15 into a tight bun. She looked distinctly ruffled.
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“How did you know it was me?” she asked.
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“My dear Professor, I’ve never seen a cat sit so stiffly.”
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“You’d be stiff if you’d been sitting on a brick wall all day,” said Professor McGonagall.
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“All day? When you could have been celebrating? I must have Fill in the blank 2 of 15 a dozen feasts and parties on my way here.”
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Professor McGonagall Fill in the blank 3 of 15 angrily.
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“Oh yes, everyone’s celebrating, all right,” she said impatiently. “You’d think they’d be a bit more careful, but no — even the Muggles have Fill in the blank 4 of 15 something’s going on. It was on their news.” She Fill in the blank 5 of 15 her head back at the Dursleys’ dark living-room window. “I heard it. Flocks of owls… shooting stars…. Well, they’re not completely stupid. They were bound to Fill in the blank 6 of 15 something. Shooting stars down in Kent — I’ll Fill in the blank 7 of 15 that was Dedalus Diggle. He never had much sense.”
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“You can’t Fill in the blank 8 of 15 them,” said Dumbledore gently. “We’ve had precious little to celebrate for eleven years.”
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“I know that,” said Professor McGonagall irritably. “But that’s no reason to Fill in the blank 9 of 15 our heads. People are being downright careless, out on the streets in broad daylight, not even dressed in Muggle clothes, Fill in the blank 10 of 15 rumours.”
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She Fill in the blank 11 of 15 a sharp, sideways glance at Dumbledore here, as though Fill in the blank 12 of 15 he was going to tell her something, but he didn’t, so she went on. “A fine thing it would be if, on the very day YouKnow-Who seems to have Fill in the blank 13 of 15 at last, the Muggles found out about us all. I Fill in the blank 14 of 15 he really has gone, Dumbledore?”

”It certainly seems so,” said Dumbledore. “We have much to be thankful for. Would you Fill in the blank 15 of 15 for a lemon drop?”
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“A what?”
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“A lemon drop. They’re a kind of Muggle sweet I’m rather fond of”
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“No, thank you,” said Professor McGonagall coldly, as though she didn’t think this was the moment for lemon drops. “As I say, even if You-Know-Who has gone -“

“My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All this ‘You- Know-Who’ nonsense — for eleven years I have been trying to Fill in the blank 1 of 19 people to Fill in the blank 2 of 19 him by his proper name: Voldemort.” Professor McGonagall Fill in the blank 3 of 19 , but Dumbledore, who was Fill in the blank 4 of 19 two lemon drops, seemed not to notice. “It all gets so confusing if we keep saying ‘You-Know-Who.’ I have never seen any reason to be Fill in the blank 5 of 19 of saying Voldemort’s name.
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“I know you haven’t, said Professor McGonagall, sounding half exasperated, half admiring. “But you’re different. Everyone knows you’re the only one You-Know- oh, all right, Voldemort, was Fill in the blank 6 of 19 of.”
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“You Fill in the blank 7 of 19 me,” said Dumbledore calmly. “Voldemort had powers I will never have.”
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“Only because you’re too — well — noble to use them.”
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“It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t Fill in the blank 8 of 19 so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.”
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Professor McGonagall Fill in the blank 9 of 19 a sharp look at Dumbledore and said, “The owls are nothing next to the rumours that are Fill in the blank 10 of 19 around. You know what everyone’s saying? About why he’s Fill in the blank 11 of 19 ? About what finally stopped him?”
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It seemed that Professor McGonagall had Fill in the blank 12 of 19 the point she was most anxious to Fill in the blank 13 of 19 , the real reason she had been waiting on a cold, hard wall all day, for neither as a cat nor as a woman had she Fill in the blank 14 of 19 Dumbledore with such a Fill in the blank 15 of 19 stare as she did now. It was plain that whatever “everyone” was saying, she was not going to believe it until Dumbledore told her it was true. Dumbledore, however, was choosing another lemon drop and did not answer.
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“What they’re saying,” she pressed on, “is that last night Voldemort Fill in the blank 16 of 19 in Godric’s Hollow. He went to find the Potters. The rumour is that Lily and James Potter are — are — that they’re — dead. “
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Dumbledore Fill in the blank 17 of 19 his head. Professor McGonagall Fill in the blank 18 of 19 .
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“Lily and James… I can’t believe it… I didn’t want to believe it… Oh, Albus…”
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Dumbledore reached out and Fill in the blank 19 of 19 her on the shoulder. “I know… I know…” he said heavily.

Professor McGonagall’s voice Fill in the blank 1 of 17 as she went on. “That’s not all. They’re saying he tried to kill the Potter’s son, Harry. But — he couldn’t. He couldn’t kill that little boy. No one knows why, or how, but they’re saying that when he couldn’t kill Harry Potter, Voldemort’s power somehow Fill in the blank 2 of 17 — and that’s why he’s gone.
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Dumbledore Fill in the blank 3 of 17 glumly.
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“It’s — it’s true?” faltered Professor McGonagall. “After all he’s done… all the people he’s killed… he couldn’t kill a little boy? It’s just astounding… of all the things to stop him… but how in the name of heaven did Harry Fill in the blank 4 of 17 ?”
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“We can only Fill in the blank 5 of 17 ,” said Dumbledore. “We may never know.”
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Professor McGonagall Fill in the blank 6 of 17 out a lace handkerchief and Fill in the blank 7 of 17 at her eyes beneath her spectacles. Dumbledore gave a great sniff as he took a golden watch from his pocket and Fill in the blank 8 of 17 it. It was a very odd watch. It had twelve hands but no numbers; instead, little planets were moving around the edge. It must have made sense to Dumbledore, though, because he put it back in his pocket and said, “Hagrid’s late. I Fill in the blank 9 of 17 it was he who told you I’d be here, by the way?”
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“Yes,” said Professor McGonagall. “And I don’t Fill in the blank 10 of 17 you’re going to tell me why you’re here, of all places?”
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“I’ve come to bring Harry to his aunt and uncle. They’re the only family he has left now.”
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“You don’t Fill in the blank 11 of 17 — you can’t Fill in the blank 12 of 17 the people who live here?” cried Professor McGonagall, jumping to her feet and Fill in the blank 13 of 17 at number four. “Dumbledore — you can’t. I’ve been watching them all day. You couldn’t find two people who are less like us. And they’ve got this son — I saw him Fill in the blank 14 of 17 his mother all the way up the street, Fill in the blank 15 of 17 for sweets. Harry Potter come and live here!”
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“It’s the best place for him,” said Dumbledore firmly. “His aunt and uncle will be able to Fill in the blank 16 of 17 everything to him when he’s older. I’ve written them a letter.”
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“A letter?” repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall. “Really, Dumbledore, you think you can Fill in the blank 17 of 17 all this in a letter? These people will never understand him! He’ll be famous — a legend — I wouldn’t be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in the future — there will be books written about Harry — every child in our world will know his name!”