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"I am not a house-elf "What about you, Griphook?" "Similar reasons," said the higher voiced goblin"Gringotts is no longer under the sole control of my raceI recognize no Wizarding master He added something under his breath in Gobbledegook, and Gornuk laughed "What's the joke?" asked Dean "He said," replied Dirk, "that there are things wizards don't recognize, either There was a short pause "I don't get it," said Dean "I had my small revenge before I left,," said Griphook in English "Good mana151goblin, I should say," amended Ted hastily"Didn't manage to lock a Death Eater up in one of the old high-security vaults, I suppose?" "If I had, the sword would not have helped him break out," replied GriphookGornuk laughed again and even Dirk gave a dry chuckle "Dean and I are still missing something here," said Ted "So is Severus Snape, though he does not white chloe bag know it," said Griphook, and the two goblins roared with malicious laughterInside the tent Harry's breathing was shallow with excitement: He and Hermione stared at each other, listening as hard as they could "Didn't you hear about that, Ted?" asked Dirk"About the kids who tried to steal Gryffindor's sword out of Snape's office at Hogwarts?" An electric current seemed to course through Harry, jangling his every nerve as he stood rooted to the spot "Never heard a word," said Ted, "Not in the Prophet, was it?" "Hardly," chortled Dirk"Griphook here told me, he heard about it from Bill Weasley who works for the bankOne of the kids who tried to take the sword was Bill's younger sister Harry glanced toward Hermione and Ron, both of whom were clutching the Extendable Ears as tightly as lifelines "She and a couple of friends got into Snape's office and smashed costume jewelry chanel open the glass case where he was apparently keeping the swordSnape caught them as they were trying to smuggle it down the staircase "Ah, God bless 'em," said Ted"What did they think, that they'd be able to use the sword on You-Know-Who? Or on Snape himself? "Well, whatever they thought they were going to do with it, Snape decided the sword wasn't safe where it was," said Dirk"Couple of days later, once he'd got the say-so from You-Know-Who, I imagine, he sent it down to London to be kept in Gringotts instead The goblins started to laugh again "I'm still not seeing the joke," said Ted "It's a fake," rasped Griphook "The sword of Gryffindor!" "Oh yesIt is a copya151en excellent copy, it is truea151but it was Wizard-madeThe original was forged centuries ago by goblins and had certain properties only goblin-made armor possessesWherever the genuine sword of cartier tank louis Gryffindor is, it is not in a vault at Gringotts bank"And I take it you didn't bother telling the Death Eaters this/' "I saw no reason to trouble them with the information," said Griphook smugly, and now Ted and Dean joined in Gornuk and Dirk's laughter Inside the tent, Harry closed his eyes, willing someone to ask the question he needed answered, and after a minute that seemed ten, Dean obliged: he was (Harry remembered with a jolt) an ex-boyfriend of Ginny's too "What happened to Ginny and all the others? The ones who tried to steal it?" "Oh, they were punished, and cruelly," said Griphook indifferently "They're okay, though?" asked Ted quickly, "I mean, the Weasleys don't need any more of their kids injured, do they?" "They suffered no serious injury, as far as I am aware," said Griphook "Lucky for them," said Ted"With Snape's track record I suppose kelly hermes bags we should just be glad they're still alive "You believe that story, then, do you, Ted?" asked Dirk You believe Snape killed Dumbledore? "Course I do," said Ted"You're not going to sit there and tell me you think Potter had anything to do with it?" "Hard to know what to believe these days," muttered Dirk "I know Harry Potter," said Dean"And I reckon he's the real thinga151the Chosen One, or whatever you want to call it "Yeah, there's a lot would like to believe he's that, son," said Dirk, "me includedBut where is he? Run for it, by the looks of thingsYou'd think if he knew anything we don't, or had anything special going for him, he'd be out there now fighting, rallying resistance, instead of hidingAnd you know, the Prophet made a pretty good case against hima151" "The Prophet?" scoffed Ted"You deserve to be lied to if you're still reading that much, louis vuitton neo