”e took him in wed put a stop to that rubbish,”
said un, ”swore wed stamp it out of him! wizard indeed!”
”you knew?” said harry. ”you knew im a -- a wizard?”
”knew!” shrieked auunia suddenly. ”knew! of course we
knew! how could you ted sister being what she was? oh,
she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that-that
se home every va with her pockets full
spawn, turo rats. i was the only one who saw her
for what she was -- a freak! but for my mother and father, oh no,
it was lily this and lily that, they were proud of having a witch
in the family!”
she stopped to dra breath aing on. it
seemed she had been wanting to say all this for years.
”the potter at sd they left and got married
and had you, and of course i knew youd be just the same, just
as stra as -- as -- abnormal -- and then, if you please,
she went and got herself blown up a lah you!”
harry had goe. as soon as he found his voice he said,
”blown up? you told me they died in a car crash!”
”car crash!” rrid, jumping up so angrily that the
dursleys scuttled back to their er. ”how could a car crash kill
lily an james potter? its an e! a sdal! harry potter
not knowin his own story when every kid in our world knows his
ened?” harry asked urgently.
the anger faded from hagrids face. he looked suddenly anxious.
”i his,” he said, in a low, worried voice. ”i
had no idea, wheold me there might be trouble gettin
hold of yeh, how much yeh didnt know. ah, harry, i don know
if im the right persoell yeh -- but someoa --
yeh t gwarts not knowin.”
he threw a dirty look at the dursleys.
”well, its best yeh know as much as i tell yeh -- mind,
i t tell yeh everythin, its a great mystry, parts of it....”
he sat dowhe fire for a few sed then
said, ”it begins, i suppose, with -- erso its
incredible yeh dont know his name, everyone in our