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"Dogbreath" Doge, who refused to be interviewed for this book, has given the public his own sentimental version of what happened nextHe represents Kendra's death as a tragic blow, and Dumbledore's decision to give up his expedition as an act of noble self-sacrifice Certainly Dumbledore returned to Godric's Hollow at once, supposedly to "care" for his younger brother and sisterBut how much care did he actually give them? "He were a head case, that Aberforth," said Enid Smeek, whose family lived on the outskirts of Godric's Hollow at that time'Course, with his mum and dad gone you'd have felt sorry for him, only he kept chucking goat dung at my headI don't think Albus was fussed about himI never saw them together, anyway So what was Albus doing, if not comforting his wild young brother? The answer, it seems, is ensuring the continued imprisonment of his sisterFor though her first jailer had died, there was no change in the pitiful condition of Ariana DumbledoreHer very existence continued to be known only to those few outsiders who, like "Dogbreath" Doge, could be counted upon to believe in the story of her "ill health Another such easily satisfied friend of the family was Bathilda Bagshot, the celebrated magical historian who has lived in Godric's Hollow for many yearsKendra, of course, had rebuffed Bathilda when she first attempted to welcome the wholesale tiffany jewelry family to the villageSeveral years later, however, the author sent an owl to Albus at Hogwarts, having been favorably impressed by his paper on trans-species transformation in \iTransfiguration Today\iThis initial contract led to acquaintance with the entire Dumbledore familyAt the time of Kendra's death, Bathilda was the only person in Godric's Hollow who was on speaking terms with Dumbledore's mother Unfortunately, the brilliance that Bathilda exhibited earlier in her life has now dimmed"The fire's lit, but the cauldron's empty," as Ivor Dillonsby put it to me, or, in Enid Smeek's slightly earthier phrase, "She's nutty as squirrel poo Nevertheless, a combination of tried-and-tested reporting techniques enabled me to extract enough nuggets of hard fact to string together the whole scandalous story Like the rest of the Wizarding world, Bathilda puts Kendra's premature death down to a backfiring charm, a story repeated by Albus and Aberforth in later yearsBathilda also parrots the family line on Ariana, calling her "frail" and "delicate On one subject, however, Bathilda is well worth the effort I put into procuring Veritaserum, for she, and she alone, knows the full story of the best-kept secret of Albus Dumbledore's lifeNow revealed for the first time, it calls into question everything that his admirers believed of Dumbledore: his supposed hatred of the Dark knock off chanel handbags Arts, his opposition into the oppression of Muggles, even his devotion to his own family The very same summer that Dumbledore went home to Godric's Hollow, now an orphan and head of the family, Bathilda Bagshot agreed to accept into her home her great-nephew, Gellert Grindelwald The name of Grindelwald is justly famous: In a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, he would miss out on the top spot only because You- Know-Who arrived, a generation later, to steal his crownAs Grindelwald never extended his campaign of terror to Britain, however, the details of his rise to power are not widely known here Educated at Durmstrang, a school famous even then for its unfortunate tolerance of the Dark Arts, Grindelwald showed himself quite as precociously brilliant as DumbledoreRather than channel his abilities into the attainment of awards and prizes, however, Gellert Grindelwald devoted himself no other pursuitsAt sixteen years old, even Durmstrang felt it could no longer turn a blind eye to the twisted experiments of Gellert Grindelwald, and he was expelled Hitherto, all that has been known of Grindelwald's next movements is that he "traveled around for some months It can now be revealed that Grindelwald chose to visit his great-aunt in Godric's Hollow, and that there, intensely shocking though it will be for many to hear it, he struck up a close friendship prada evening bags with none other than Albus Dumbledore "He seemed a charming boy to me," babbles Bathilda, "whatever he became laterNaturally I introduced him to poor Albus, who was missing the company of lads his own ageThe boys took to each other at onceBathilda shows me a letter, kept by her that Albus Dumbledore sent Gellert Grindelwald in the dead of night "Yes, even after they'd spent all day in discussion \a150\a150 both such brilliant young boys, they got on like a cauldron on fire \a150\a150 I'd sometimes hear an owl tapping at Gellert's bedroom window, delivering a letter from Albus! An idea would have struck him and he had to let Gellert know immediately!" And what ideas they wereProfoundly shocking though Albus Dumbledore's fans will find it, here are the thoughts of their seventeen-year-old hero, as relayed to his new best friend(A copy of the original letter may be seen on page 463 \iGellert \a150\a150 Your point about Wizard dominance being FOR THE MUGGLES' OWN GOOD \a150\a150 this, I think, is the crucial pointYes, we have been given power and yes, that power gives us the right to rule, but it also gives us responsibilities over the ruledWe must stress this point, it will be the foundation stone upon which we buildWhere we are opposed, as we surely will be, this must be the basis of all our counterargumentsWe seize control FOR THE GREATER GOODAnd from d

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