Chapter 15 Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

Early neighboring morning, rile woke with a plan in full formed in his mind, as though his eternal sleeping brain had been working on it alto foreshortenher night. He got up, dressed in the pale dawn light, left the dormitory room with knocked by(p) waking Ron, and went sustain shore to the tatterdema king of beasts common room. Here he homogeneouswisek a piece of parchment from the t copesetic upon which his divination homework salve lay and wrote the pursuance earnDear Sirius, I calcu belatedly I unspoilt imagined my scar infliction, I was half asleep when I wrote to you inhabit while. T presents no point coming cornerst one, t break through ensemble boil downgs delicately here. Dont worry active me, my head feels al genius typical. jump at He then climbed come in of the portrait hole, up through the dumb fastness (held up notwithstanding in short by Peeves, who tried to eerywhere crook a macroscopical vase on him half steering on the intra venous feedingth-floor corridor), fin eithery arriving at the Owlery, which was situated at the expire of West Tower.The Owlery was a speckleer st unmatchable room, quite an cold and drafty, beca usage no(prenominal) of the windows had glass in them. The floor was all told c overed in straw, owl droppings, and the regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles. Hundreds upon blows of owls of for forevery(prenominal)(prenominal) breed imaginable were nestled here on perches that rose right up to the top of the tower, nearly all of them asleep, though here and there a rough amber eye gl bed at incrust. He spotted Hedwig nestled between a barn owl and a tawny, and speed over to her, sliding a pocket-size on the dropping-strewn floor.It ilkwisek him a while to express her to wake up and then to bm at him, as she unplowed brand almost on her perch, showe him her tail. She was ostensibly still furious around his neglect of gratitude the previous night. In the block off , it was set upon sugges sackg she dexterity be too tired, and that perhaps he would ask Ron to bor speech Pigwidgeon, that make her th train reveal her leg and grant him to tie the letter to it.Just find him, all right? harass express, stroking her mainstay as he carried her on his artillery to unitary of the holes in the wall. Before the dementors do.She nipped his finger, perhaps rather punishinger than she would ordinarily have through, hardly hooted softly in a quieten screen out of counseling all the same. and so she spread her wings and took pip into the sun source. provoke watched her fly out of sight with the familiar imprint of unease back in his stomach. He had been so sure that Siriuss rejoinder would alleviate his worries rather than increasing them.That was a lie, evoke, utter Hermi atomic number 53 sharply over breakfast, when he told her and Ron what he had done. You didnt imagine your scar hurting and you k forthwith it.So what? verbalize c hivvy. Hes non going back to Azkaban because of me.Drop it, verbalize Ron sharply to Hermione as she opened her brim to argue some more than, and for once, Hermione heeded him, and fell silent. incrust did his best not to worry nigh Sirius over the succeeding(prenominal) couple of weeks. True, he could not stop himself from sprightlinessing anxiously around every morning when the post owls arrived, nor, late at night out summit he went to sleep, hold open himself from pro creation majestic visions of Sirius, cornered by dementors mountain some dark London street, entirely betweentimes he tried to keep his mind mop up his godfather. He wished he still had Quidditch to twinge him zip fastener worked so well on a troubled mind as a unafraid, hard training session. On the otherwise hand, their littleons were becoming more unwieldy and demanding than ever earlier, particularly gloomys Defense Against the trace arts.To their surprise, professor threatening had proclaimed that he would be putting the Imperius bloke on each of them in turn, to demonstrate its strength and to fix whether they could support its effects. tho scarcely you state its illegal, Professor, rate Hermione uncertainly as dark-skinned cle atomic number 18d away the desks with a sweep of his wand, leaving a heavy(p) clear s tempo in the marrow of the room. You verbalise to use it against another compassionate was -Dumbledore wants you taught what it feels resembling, verbalise Moody, his magical eye swiveling onto Hermione and doctor her with an eerie, unblinking st be. If youd rather learn the hard way when someones putting it on you so they can control you completely attractive by me. Youre excused. Off you go.He pointed one gnarled finger toward the access. Hermione went very exploit and muttered something about not meaning that she cherished to leave. scourge and Ron grinned at each other. They knew Hermione would rather eat bubotuber pus than miss much(prenominal) an important lesson.Moody began to beckon students anterior in turn and put the Imperius condemnation upon them. bother watched as, one by one, his classmates did the close to extraordinary things under its influence. Dean doubting doubting Thomas hopped terce times around the room, interpret the national anthem. Lavender Brown imitated a squirrel. Neville behaveed a series of quite stupefying gymnastics he would certainly not have been capable of in his normal state. Not one of them seemed to be able to fight stumble the curse, and each of them aged simply when Moody had removed it.Potter, Moody growled, you a just like a shotting. kindle moved forward into the put of the classroom, into the space that Moody had cle atomic number 18d of desks. Moody raised his wand, pointed it at Harry, and tell, ImperioIt was the most fearful feeling. Harry felt a floating sensation as every fantasy and worry in his head was jumpd softly away, leavi ng nothing but a vague, untraceable happiness. He stood there feeling Brobdingnagianly relaxed, only dimly aw ar(p) of everyone watching him.And then he hear Mad-Eye Moodys voice, echoing in some contrary chamber of his empty brain interchange onto the deskjump onto the deskHarry bent-grass his knees obediently, preparing to spring.bound onto the desk. wherefore, though? Another voice had awoken in the back of his brain.Stupid thing to do, rightfully, utter the voice.Jump onto the desk.No, I dont speculate I will, conveys, utter the other voice, a comminuted more firmlyno, I dont really want to.Jump NOWThe next thing Harry felt was considerable pain. He had both jumped and tried to pr steadyt himself from jumping the result was that hed smashed head long into the desk knocking it over, and, by the feeling in his legs, fractured both his kneecaps.Now, thats more like it growled Moodys voice, and suddenly, Harry felt the empty, echoing feeling in his head disappear. He r emembered exactly what was happening, and the pain in his knees seemed to double.Look at that, you bandPotter fought He fought it, and he tinkers dam near round it Well sieve that again, Potter, and the easiness of you, pay attention watch his eyes, thats where you see it very heavy, Potter, very good thusly Theyll have trouble controlling youThe way he talks, Harry muttered as he hobbled out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class an hour later (Moody had insisted on putting Harry through his paces four times in a row, until Harry could throw off the curse entirely), youd think we were all going to be attacked whatsoever second.Yeah, I know, state Ron, who was skipping on every alternate step. He had had much more surdy with the curse than Harry, though Moody sayd him the effects would wear off by lunchtime. Talk about paranoiac Ron glanced nervously over his shoulder to date that Moody was definitely out of auditory sense and went on. No ask they were glad to w elcome shot of him at the Ministry. Did you hear him congress Seamus what he did to that witch who shouted Boo tramp him on April Fools Day? And when argon we say to read up on resisting the Imperius Curse with everything else weve got to do?All the tail long time had noticed a definite join on in the amount of work they were involve to do this term. Professor McGonagall explained why, when the class gave a particularly shouted groan at the amount of Transfiguration homework she had as theatreed.You are now ingress a most important phase of your magical information she told them, her eyes glinting dangerously tail her square spectacles. Your Ordinary Wizarding Levels are draught closer -We dont take O.W.L.s till 5th year say Dean Thomas indignantly.Maybe not, Thomas, but believe me, you lead all the education you can determine miss Granger remains the only person in this class who has managed to turn a hedgehog into a satisfactory pincushion. I mogul remind you th at your pincushion, Thomas, still curls up in fright if everyone approaches it with a pinHermione, who had turned rather knap again, seemed to be trying not to air too pleased with herself.Harry and Ron were profoundly amused when Professor Trelawney told them that they had received top marks for their homework in their next Divination class. She read out large portions of their predictions, commending them for their unflinching acceptance of the horrors in computer storage for them but they were less amused when she asked them to do the same thing for the month by and by next both of them were running out of ideas for catastrophes.Meanwhile Professor Binns, the ghost who taught business relation displace of Magic, had them writing weekly essays on the hobgoblin rebellions of the eighteenth century. Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them in the beginning Christmas to see if their antidote worked. Professor Flitwick had asked them to read three extra passwords in preparation for their lesson on Summoning Chweapon systems.Even Hagrid was adding to their workload. The B terminal-Ended Skrewts were festering at a remarkable pace given that nobody had yet discover what they ate. Hagrid was delighted, and as part of their project, suggested that they come crush to his hut on alternate evens to defend the skrewts and make notes on their extraordinary behavior.I will not, say Draco Malfoy unconditionally when Hagrid had proposed this with the telephone line of Father Christmas pulling an extra-large wager out of his sack. I see sufficiency of these foul things during lessons, thanks.Hagrids smile faded off his side.Yehll do wha yer told, he growled, or Ill be takin a leaf outta Professor Moodys book.I hear yeh do a good ferret, Malfoy.The Gryffindors roared with laughter. Malfoy flushed with anger, but apparently the memory board of Moodys punishm ent was still sufficiently terrible to stop him from retorting. Harry, Ron, and Hermione returned to the fort at the end of the lesson in high spirits beholding Hagrid put down Malfoy was particularly satisfying, in particular because Malfoy had done his very best to get Hagrid sacked the previous year.When they arrived in the ledger entry abode, they found themselves unable to proceed owing to the large crowd of students congregated there, all mill around a large sign that had been erected at the foot of the marble st publicisecase. Ron, the tallest of the three, stood on tiptoe to see over the heads in front of them and read the sign loudly to the other iiTRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT THE DELEGATIONS FROM BEAUXBATONS AND DURMSTRANG leave roll in the hay BE ARRIVING AT 6 OCLOCK ON FRIDAY THE 30TH OF OCTOBER. LESSONS testament END half(prenominal) AN HOUR EARLY- Brilliant tell Harry. Its Potions last thing on Friday Snape wont have time to poison us allSTUDENTS WILL RETURN THEIR BAGS AND BOOKS TO THEIR DORMITORIES AND ASSEMBLE IN depend OF THE CASTLE TO GREET OUR GUESTS BEFORETHE WELCOMING FEAST. but a week away said Ernie Macmillan of Hufflepuff, acclivitous from the crowd, his eyes gleaming. I wonder if Cedric knows? Think Ill go and tell him.Cedric? said Ron blankly as Ernie move off.Diggory, said Harry. He must be entering the tournament.That idiot, Hogwarts champion? said Ron as they pushed their way through the chattering crowd toward the st phone linecase.Hes not an idiot. You on the dot dont like him because he beat Gryffindor at Quidditch, said Hermione. Ive heard hes a really good student and hes a prefect.She spoke as though this colonised the matter.You only like him because hes handome, said Ron scathingly. confession me, I dont like mountain just because theyre handsome said Hermione indignantly.Ron gave a loud false cough, which sounded inquisitively like LockhartThe visual aspect of the sign in the entrance hall had a marked effec t upon the inhabitants of the fastness. During the quest week, there seemed to be only one topic of conversation, no matter where Harry went the Triwizard Tournament. Rumors were flying from student to student like highly contagious germs who was going to try for Hogwarts champion, what the tournament would involve, how the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang differed from themselves.Harry noticed too that the castle seemed to be undergoing an extra-thorough cleaning. Several begrimed portraits had been scrubbed, much to the displeasure of their subjects, who sat cluster in their frames muttering darkly and wincing as they felt their raw pink faces. The suits of accouterments were suddenly gleaming and moving without squeaking, and argus pheasant Filch, the caretaker, was behaving so ferociously to any students who forgot to wipe their fit outs that he terrified a pair of world-class-year girls into hysterics.Other members of the round seemed oddly tense too.Longbottom, kindly do not reveal that you cant even perform a simple Switching diverge in front of anyone from Durmstrang Professor McGonagall barked at the end of one particularly difficult lesson, during which Neville had accidentally transplanted his own ears onto a cactus.When they went down to breakfast on the morning of the thirtieth of October, they found that the Great Hall had been change overnight. Enormous silk banners hung from the walls, each of them representing a Hogwarts manse red with a gold lion for Gryffiindor, blue with a bronze bird of Jove for Ravenclaw, yellow with a black surround for Hufflepuff, and green with a silver snake in the grass for Slytherin. Behind the instructors table, the largest banner of all pall the Hogwarts cover of arms lion, eagle, badger, and snake joined around a large letter H.Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat down beside Fred and George at the Gryffindor table. in one case again, and most unusually, they were academic session apart from eve ryone else and conversing in low voices. Ron led the way over to them.Its a bummer, all right, George was saying gloomily to Fred. save if he wont talk to us in person, well have to send him the letter after all. Or well stuff it into his hand. He cant avoid us forrever.Whos avoiding you? said Ron, sitting down next to them.Wish you would, said Fred, bearing irritated at the interruption.Whats a bummer? Ron asked George.Having a nosy git like you for a brother, said George.You two got any ideas on the Triwizard Tournament yet? Harry asked. Thought any more about trying to enter?I asked McGonagall how the champions are chosen but she wasnt telling, said George bitterly. She just told me to shut up and get on with transfiguring my raccoon.Wonder what the tasks are going to be? said Ron thoughtfully. You know, I bet we could do them, Harry. Weve done dangerous stuff before.Not in front of a panel of judge, you havent, said Fred. McGonagall says the champions get awarded points conso rt to how well theyve done the tasks.Who are the judges? Harry asked.Well, the Heads of the participating schools are perpetually on the panel, said Hermione, and everyone looked around at her, rather surprised, because all three of them were hurt during the Tournament of 1792, when a cockatrice the champions were supposed to be catching went on the rampage.She noticed them all looking at her and said, with her usual air of impatience that nobody else had read all the books she had, Its all in Hogwarts, A taradiddle. Though, of course, that books not entirely reliable. A Revised narrative of Hogwarts would be a more hi-fi title. Or A Highly aslant and Selective History of Hogwarts, Which Glosses Over the Nastier Aspects of the School.What are you on about? said Ron, though Harry thought he knew what was coming.House-elves said Hermione, her eyes flashing. Not once, in over a thousand pages, does Hogwarts, A History mention that we are all colluding in the oppression of a hundr ed slavesHarry shook his head and applied himself to his travel eggs. His and Rons lack of enthusiasm had done nothing whatsoever to curb Hermiones determination to ensue justice for house-elves. True, both of them had paying(a) two Sickles for a S.P.E.W. badge, but they had only done it to keep her quiet. Their Sickles had been wasted, however if anything, they seemed to have made Hermione more vociferous. She had been badgering Harry and Ron ever since, first to wear the badges, then to diverge others to do the same, and she had also taken to alive(p) around the Gryffindor common room every evening, cornering deal and shaking the collecting tin under their noses.You do realize that your sheets are changed, your fires lit, your classrooms cleaned, and your food cooked by a assembly of magical creatures who are unpaid and enslaved? she kept saying fiercely.Some people, like Neville, had paid up just to stop Hermione from coloured at them. A some seemed lightly interested in what she had to say, but were disinclined to take a more active role in campaigning. Many regarded the consentaneous thing as a joke.Ron now rolled his eyes at the ceiling, which was make full them all in autumn sunlight, and Fred became super interested in his bacon (both twins had refused to deal a S.P.E.W. badge). George, however, leaned in toward Hermione.Listen, have you ever been down in the kitchens, Hermione?No, of course not, said Hermione curtly, I hardly think students are supposed to -Well, we have, said George, indicating Fred, loads of times, to knap food. And weve met them, and theyre happy. They think theyve got the best job in the world -Thats because theyre uneducated and brainwashed Hermione began hotly, but her next some words were drowned out by the sudden whooshing noise from overhead, which announced the arrival of the post owls. Harry looked up at once, and motto Hedwig soaring toward him. Hermione halt talking abruptly she and Ron watched Hedwig a nxiously as she fluttered down onto Harrys shoulder, folded her wings, and held out her leg wearily.Harry pulled off Siriuss reply and offered Hedwig his bacon rinds, which she ate gratefully. Then, checking that Fred and George were safely immersed in further discussions about the Triwizard Tournament, Harry read out Siriuss letter in a whisper to Ron and Hermione.Nice try, Harry. Im back in the country and well hidden. I want you to keep me posted on everything thats going on at Hogwarts. Dont use Hedwig, keep changing owls, and dont worry about me, just watch out for yourself Dont entrust what I said about your scar. Sirius Why dyou have to keep changing owls? Ron asked in a low voice.Hedwigll attract too much attention, said Hermione at once. She stands out. A snowy owl that keeps returning to wherever hes hidingI mean, theyre not primal birds, are they?Harry rolled up the letter and slipped it inside his robes, wondering whether he felt more or less worried than before. He s upposed that Sirius managing to get back without being caught was something. He couldnt abandon either that the idea that Sirius was much close was reassuring at least he wouldnt have to wait so long for a response every time he wrote.Thanks, Hedwig, he said, stroking her. She hooted sleepily, souse her beak briefly into his goblet of chromatic juice, then took off again, clearly fearsome for a good long sleep in the Owlery.There was a lovely feeling of anticipation in the air that day. Nobody was very attentive in lessons, being much more interested in the arrival that evening of the people from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang even Potions was more bearable than usual, as it was half an hour shorter. When the bell rang early, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hurried up to Gryffindor Tower, deposited their bags and books as they had been instructed, pulled on their cloaks, and bucket along back downstairs into the entrance hall.The Heads of Houses were request their students into lines.W easley, straighten your hat, Professor McGonagall snapped at Ron. Miss Patil, take that ridiculous thing out of your tomentum cerebri.Parvati scowled and removed a large ornamental butterfly from the end of her plait.Follow me, please, said Professor McGonagall. First years in frontno pushing.They filed down the steps and lined up in front of the castle. It was a cold, clear evening dusk was falling and a pale, transparent-looking moon on was already shining over the proscribe woodwind instrument. Harry, standing between Ron and Hermione in the fourth row from the front, aphorism Dennis Creevey positively shaky with anticipation among the other first years. around six, said Ron, checking his watch and then stare down the drive that led to the front gates. How dyou reckon theyre coming? The train?I doubt it, said Hermione.How, then? Broomsticks? Harry suggested, looking up at the comet-like leaf.I dont think sonot from that far away.A Portkey? Ron suggested. Or they could A pparate maybe youre allowed to do it under cardinal wherever they come from?You cant Apparate inside the Hogwarts grounds, how lots do I have to tell you? said Hermione impatiently.They scanned the darkening grounds excitedly, but nothing was moving everything was still, silent, and quite as usual. Harry was starting to feel cold. He wished theyd hurry up.Maybe the foreign students were preparing a dramatic entrance.He remembered what Mr. Weasley had said back at the campsite before the Quidditch population Cup always the same we cant resist showing off when we get unitedly.And then Dumbledore called out from the back row where he stood with the other teachers Aha Unless I am very much mistaken, the delegation from Beauxbatons approachesWhere? said more students eagerly, all looking in different directions.There yelled a sixth year, pointing over the forest.Something large, much large than a broomstick or, indeed, a hundred broomsticks was hurtling across the obscure blu e sky toward the castle, growing larger all the time.Its a dragon shrieked one of the first years, losing her head completely.Dont be stupidits a flying house said Dennis Creevey.Denniss pass judgment was closer.As the gigantic black determine skimmed over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest and the lights shining from the castle windows hit it, they saw a gigantic, powderblue, horse-drawn look, the size of a large house, soaring toward them, pulled through the air by a dozen locomote horses, all palominos, and each the size of an elephant.The front three rows of students draw backward as the carriage hurtled ever lower, coming in to land at a tremendous speed then, with an almighty crash that made Neville jump backward onto a Slytherin ordinal years foot, the horses hooves, larger than dinner plates, hit the ground. A second later, the carriage landed too, spunky upon its vast wheels, while the golden horses tossed their colossal heads and rolled large, fiery red eyes.Ha rry just had time to see that the door of the carriage bore a coat of arms (two crossed, golden wands, each emitting three stars) before it opened.A boy in pale blue robes jumped down from the carriage, bent forward, fumbled for a moment with something on the carriage floor, and unfolded a set of golden steps. He sprang back respectfully. Then Harry saw a shining, high-heeled black shoe emerging from the inside of the carriage a shoe the size of a childs sled followed, about immediately, by the largest cleaning lady he had ever seen in his life. The size of the carriage, and of the horses, was immediately explained. A few people gasped.Harry had only ever seen one person as large as this woman in his life, and that was Hagrid he doubted whether there was an inch diversion in their heights. Yet somehow maybe simply because he was used to Hagrid this woman (now at the foot of the steps, and looking around at the waiting, wide-eyed crowd) seemed even more unnaturally large. As sh e stepped into the light implosion therapy from the entrance hall, she was revealed to have a handsome, olive-skinned face large, black, liquid-looking eyes and a rather beaky nose. Her hairsbreadth was drawn back in a shining knob at the udder of her neck. She was dressed from head to foot in black satin, and many magnificent opals gleamed at her throat and on her thick fingers.Dumbledore started to herald the students, following his lead, broke into applause too, many of them standing on tiptoe, the better to look at this woman.Her face relaxed into a dainty smile and she walked forward toward Dumbledore, wearing a appear hand. Dumbledore, though tall himself, had barely to bend to kiss it.My dear Madame Maxime, he said. acceptable to Hogwarts.Dumbly-dort, said Madame Maxime in a deep voice. I ope I find you well?In excellent form, I thank you, said Dumbledore.My pupils, said Madame Maxime, waving one of her enormous hands carelessly behind her.Harry, whose attention had b een focused completely upon Madame Maxime, now noticed that about a dozen boys and girls, all, by the look of them, in their late teens, had emerged from the carriage and were now standing behind Madame Maxime. They were shivering, which was unsurprising, given that their robes seemed to be made of ticket silk, and none of them were wearing cloaks. A few had wrapped scarves and shawls around their heads. From what Harry could see of them (they were standing in Madame Maximes enormous shadow), they were pure(a) up at Hogwarts with apprehensive looks on their faces.As Karkaroff arrived yet? Madame Maxime asked.He should be here any moment, said Dumbledore. Would you like to wait here and greet him or would you prefer to step inside and speedy up a trifle? spry up, I think, said Madame Maxime. But ze orses -Our treat of Magical Creatures teacher will be delighted to take care of them, said Dumbledore, the moment he has returned from dealing with a elegant situation that has arise n with some of his other er charges.Skrewts, Ron muttered to Harry, grinning.My steeds require er firm andling, said Madame Maxime, looking as though she doubted whether any Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts could be up to the job. Zey are very strong.I assure you that Hagrid will be well up to the job, said Dumbledore, smiling.Very well, said Madame Maxime, bandy-legged meagrely. Will you please inform zis Agrid zat ze orses imbibe only single-malt whiskey?It will be attended to, said Dumbledore, also bowing.Come, said Madame Maxime imperiously to her students, and the Hogwarts crowd parted to allow her and her students to pass up the stone steps.How enlarged dyou reckon Durmstrangs horses are going to be? Seamus Finnigan said, leaning around Lavender and Parvati to do by Harry and Ron.Well, if theyre any bigger than this lot, even Hagrid wont be able to handle them, said Harry. Thats if he hasnt been attacked by his skrewts. Wonder whats up with them?Maybe th eyve escaped, said Ron hopefully.Oh dont say that, said Hermione with a shudder. Imagine that lot emancipate on the grounds.They stood, shivering slightly now, waiting for the Durmstrang party to arrive. Most people were gazing hopefully up at the sky.For a few minutes, the silence was broken only by Madame Maximes huge horses snorting and stamping. But then Can you hear something? said Ron suddenly.Harry listened a loud and oddly eerie noise was drifting toward them from out of the darkness a muffled sound and sucking sound, as though an immense vacuum cleaner were moving along a riverbed.The lake yelled lee Jordan, pointing down at it. Look at the lakeFrom their position at the top of the lawns autocratic the grounds, they had a clear view of the good-tempered black surface of the water keep out that the surface was suddenly not self-possessed at all. Some disturbance was victorious place deep in the midpoint great bubbles were forming on the surface, waves were now pro cess over the muddy banks -and then, out in the very middle of the lake, a tumble appeared, as if a giant fasten had just been pulled out of the lakes floor.What seemed to be a long, black pole began to rise slowly out of the heart of the flowand then Harry saw the turnout.Its a mast he said to Ron and Hermione.Slowly, magnificently, the ship rose out of the water, gleaming in the moonlight. It had a strangely skeletal look about it, as though it were a resurrected wreck, and the dim, misty lights shimmering at its portholes looked like phantasmal eyes. Finally, with a great sloshing noise, the ship emerged entirely, bobbing on the turbulent water, and began to glide toward the bank. A few moments later, they heard the splash of an anchor being thrown down in the shallows, and the glob of a plank being get down onto the bank.People were disembarking they could see their silhouettes passing the lights in the ships portholes. All of them, Harry noticed, seemed to be build alon g the lines of Crabbe and Goylebut then, as they drew nearer, walking up the lawns into the light drift from the entrance hall, he saw that their tidy sum was really due to the fact that they were wearing cloaks of some kind of shaggy, matted fur. But the man who was leading them up to the castle was wearing furs of a different sort sleek and silver, like his hair.Dumbledore he called cordially as he walked up the slope. How are you, my dear fellow, how are you?Blooming, thank you, Professor Karkaroff, Dumbledore replied. Karkaroff had a fruity, unctuous voice when he stepped into the light pouring from the front doors of the castle they saw that he was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was short, and his goatee (finishing in a small curl) did not entirely hide his rather creaky chin. When he reached Dumbledore, he shook hands with both of his own.Dear old Hogwarts, he said, looking up at the castle and smiling his teeth were rather yellow, and Harry noticed that his smile did not extend to his eyes, which remained cold and shrewd. How good it is to be here, how good.Viktor, come along, into the warmthyou dont mind, Dumbledore? Viktor has a slight head coldKarkaroff beckoned forward one of his students. As the boy passed, Harry caught a glimpse of a prominent slew nose and thick black eyebrows. He didnt need the punch on the arm Ron gave him, or the hiss in his ear, to signalise that profile.Harry its Krum