ight, though people down the street did; they
poted and gazed open- outhed as owl after owl sped overhead ost
of the had never seen an owl even at nightti r dursley,
however, had a perfectly noral, owl-free orng he yelled at
five different people he ade several iportant telephone calls
and shouted a bit ore he was a very good ood until nchti,
when he thought he≈39;d stretch his legs and walk across the road to
buy hiself a bun fro the bakery
he≈39;d fotten all about the people cloaks until he passed
a group of the next to the baker≈39;s he eyed the angrily as he
passed he didn≈39;t know why, but they ade hi uneasy this bunch were
whisperg excitedly, too, and he uldn≈39;t see a sgle llectg
t it was on his way back past the, ctchg a r doughnut
a bag, that he caught a few words of what they were sayg
&ot;the potters, that≈39;s right, that≈39;s what i heard yes, their
n, harry&ot;
r dursley sped dead fear flooded hi he looked back
at the whisperers as if he wanted to say thg to the, but
thought better of it
he dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office,
snapped at his secretary not to disturb hi, seized his telephone,
and had alost fished dialg his ho nuber when he chand
his d he put the receiver back down and stroked his tache,
thkg no, he was beg stupid potter wasn≈39;t such an unual
na he was sure there were lots of people called potter who had a
n called harry e to thk of it, he wasn≈39;t even sure his nephew
was called harry he≈39;d never even seen the boy it ight have been
harvey or harold there was no pot worryg rs dursley;
she always got upset at any ntion of her sister he didn≈39;t
b her -- if he≈39;d had a sister like that but all the sa,
those people cloaks
he found it a lot harder to ncentrate on drills that afternoon
and when he left the buildg at five o≈39;clock, he was still
worried that he walked straight to one jt outside the door
&ot;rry,&ot; he grunted, as the ty old an stubled and alost
fell it was a few sends before r dursley realized that the an
was wearg a violet cloak he didn≈39;t see at all upset at beg
alost knocked to the ground on the ntrary, his face split to
a wide sile and he said a seaky voice that ade passersby
stare, &ot;don≈39;t be rry, y dear sir, for nothg uld upset
today! rejoice, for you-know-who has gone at st! even les
like yourself should be celebratg, this happy, happy day!&ot;
and the old an ed r dursley around the iddle and
walked off
r dursley stood rooted to the spot he had been ed by
a plete stranr he al thought he had been called a le,
whatever that was he was rattled he hurried to his car and set
off for ho, hopg he was iagg thgs, which he had never
hoped before, becae he didn≈39;t approve of iaga
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