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At last he said, "Grindelwald tried to stop Voldemort going after the wandHe lied, you know, pretended he had never had it
Dumbledore nodded, looking down at his lap, tears still glittering on the crooked nose
"They say he showed remorse in later years, alone in his cell at NurmengardI would like to think that he did feel the horror and shame of what he had donePerhaps that lie to Voldemort was his attempt to make amends to prevent Voldemort from taking the Hallow r maybe from breaking into your tomb?" suggested Harry, and Dumbledore dabbed his eyes
After another short pause Harry said, "You tried to use the Resurrection Stone
"When I discovered it, after all those years, buried in the abandoned home of the Gaunts \a150\a150 the Hallow I had craved most of all, though in my youth I had wanted it for very different reasons \a150\a150 I lost my head, HarryI quite forgot that I was not a Horcrux, that the ring was louis vuitton knockoffs sure to carry a curseI picked it up, and I put it on, and for a second I imagined that I was about to see Ariana, and my mother, and my father, and to tell them how very, very sorry, I was
"I was such a fool, HarryAfter all those years I had learned nothingI was unworthy to unite the Deathly Hallows, I had proved it time and again, and here was final proof"It was natural! You wanted to see them againWhat's wrong with that?"
"Maybe a man in a million could unite the Hallows, HarryI was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinaryI was fit to own the Elder Wand,
and not boast of it, and not to kill with itI was permitted to tame and use it, because I took it, not for gain, but to save others from it
"But the Cloak, I took out of vain curiousity, and so it could never have worked for me as it works for you, its true ownersThe stone I would have used in an attempt to drag back those who are at chanel black bucket tote bag peace, rather than enable my self-sacrafice, as you didYou are the worthy possessor of the Hallows
Dumbledore patted Harry's hand, and Harry looked up at the old man and smiled; he could not help himselfHow coul dhe remain angry with Dumbledore now?
"Why did you have to make it so difficult?"
Dumbledore's smile was tremulous
"I am afraid I counted on Miss Granger to slow you up, HarryI was afraid that your hot head might dominate your good heartI was scared that, if presented outright with the facts about those tempting objects, you might seize the Hallows as I did, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasonsIf you laid hands on them, I wanted you to possess them safelyYou are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from DeathHe accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying
"And Voldemort never knew about the cartier santos watches Hallows?"
"I do not think so, because he did not recognize the Resurrection Stone he turned into a HorcruxBut even if he had known about them, HarryI doubt that he woul dhave been interested in any except the firstHe would not think that he needed the Cloak, and as for the stone, whom would he want to bring back from the dead? He fears the dead
"But you expected him to go after the wand?"
"I have been sure that he would try, ever since your wand beat Voldemort's in the graveyard of Little HangletonAt first, he was afraid that you had conquered him by superior skillOnce he had kidnapped Ollivander, however, he discovered the existence of the twin coresHe thought that explained everythingYet the borrowed wand did no better against yours! So Voldemort, instead of asking himself what quality it was in you that had made your wand so strong, what gift you possessed that he did not, naturally set out to find the one wand that, they prada bag with metal handle said, would beat any otherFor him, the Elder Wand has become an obsession to rival his obsession with youHe believes that the Elder Wand removes his last weakness and makes him truly invincible
"If you planned your death with Snape, you meant him to end up with the Elder Wand, didn't you?"
"I admit that was my intention," said Dumbledore, "but it did not work as I intended, did it?"
"No," said Harry"That bit didn't work out
The creature behind them jerked and moaned, and Harry and Dumbledore sate without talking for the longest time yetThe realization of what would happen next settled gradually over Harry in the long minutes, like softly falling snow
"I've got to go back, haven't I?"
"That is up to you
"I've got a choice?"
"Oh yes," Dumbledore smiled at him"We are in King's Cross you say? I think that if you decided not to go back, you would be able to
"And where would it take me?"
"On," said Dumbledore louis vuitton leather si |
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