Oh, I wish they'd shut up!" "All right, darling?" the drunkest of the men on the other pavement was yelling"Fancy a drink? Ditch ginger and come and have a pint!" "Let's sit down somewhere," Hermione said hastily as Ron opened his mouth to shout back across the road"Look, this will do, in here!" It was a small and shabby all-night caf\a233A light layer of grease lay on all the Formica-topped tables, but it was at least emptyHarry slipped into a booth first and Ron sat next to him opposite Hermione, who had her back to the entrance and did not like it: She glanced over her shoulder so frequently she appeared to have a twitchHarry did not like being stationary; walking had given the illusion that they had a goalBeneath the Cloak he could feel the last vestiges of Polyjuice leaving him, his hands returning to their usual length and shapeHe pulled his glasses out of his pocket and put them on again After a minute or two, Ron said, "You know, we're not far from the Leaky Cauldron here, it's only in Charing Cross -" "Ron, we can't!" said Hermione imitation louis vuitton handbags at once "Not to stay there, but to find out what's going on!" "We know what's going on! Voldemort's taken over the Ministry, what else do we need to know?" "Okay, okay, it was just an idea!" They relapsed into a prickly silenceThe gum-chewing waitress shuffled over and Hermione ordered two cappuccinos: As Harry was invisible, it would have looked odd to order him oneA pair of burly workmen entered the caf\a233 and squeezed into the next boothHermione dropped her voice to a whisper "I say we find a quiet place to Disapparate and head for the countrysideOnce we're there, we could send a message to the Order "Can you do that talking Patronus thing, then?" asked Ron "I've been practicing and I think so," said Hermione "Well, as long as it doesn't get them into trouble, though they might've been arrested alreadyGod, that's revolting," Ron added after one sip of the foamy, grayish coffeeThe waitress had heard; she shot Ron a nasty look as she shuffled off to take the new customers' ordersThe larger of the two workmen, who was blond and quite huge, latest fendi bags now that Harry came to look at him, waved her awayShe stared, affronted "Let's get going, then, I don't want to drink this muck," said Ron"Hermione, have you got Muggle money to pay for this?" "Yes, I took out all my Building Society savings before I came to the BurrowI'll bet all the change is at the bottom," sighed Hermione, reaching for her beaded bag The two workmen made identical movements, and Harry mirrored them without conscious thought: All three of them drew their wandsRon, a few seconds late in realizing what was going on, lunged across the table, pushing Hermione sideways onto her benchThe force of the Death Eaters' spells shattered the tiled wall where Ron's head had just been, as Harry, still invisible, yelled, "\iStupefy!\i" The great blond Death Eater was hit in the face by a jet of red light: He slumped sideways, unconsciousHis companion, unable to see who had cast the spell, fired another at Ron: Shining black ropes flew from his wand-tip and bound Ron head to foot - the waitress screamed and ran for the door - Harry sent omega speedmaster olympic special edition another Stunning Spell at the Death Eater with the twisted face who had tied up Ron, but the spell missed, rebounded on the window, and hit the waitress, who collapsed in front of the door "\iExpulso!\i" bellowed the Death Eater, and the table behind which Harry was standing blew up: The force of the explosion slammed him into the wall and he felt his wand leave his hand as the Cloak slipped off him "\iPetrificus Totalus!\i" screamed Hermione from out of sight, and the Death Eater fell forward like a statue to land with a crunching thud on the mess of broken china, table, and coffeeHermione crawled out from underneath the bench, shaking bits of glass ashtray out of her hair and trembling all over "\iD-diffindo,\i" she said, pointing her wand at Ron, who roared in pain as she slashed open the knee of his jeans, leaving a deep cut"Oh, I'm so sorry, Ron, my hand's shaking! \iDiffindo!\i" The severed ropes fell awayRon got to his feet, shaking his arms to regain feeling in themHarry picked up his wand and climbed over all the debris to where the large mens cartier watch blond Death Eater was sprawled across the bench "I should've recognized him, he was there the night Dumbledore died," he saidHe turned over the darker Death Eater with his foot; the man's eyes moved rapidly between Harry, Ron and Hermione "That's Dolohov," said Ron"I recognize him from the old wanted postersI think the big one's Thorfinn Rowle "Never mind what they're called!" said Hermione a little hysterically"How did they find us? 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