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"Did you know that it was Harry who set Dobby free?" she asked"Did you know that we've wanted elves to be freed for years?" (Ron fidgeted uncomfortably on the arm of Hermione's chair "You can't want You-Know-Who defeated more than we do, Griphook!"
The goblin gazed at Hermione with the same curiousity he had shown Harry
"What do you seek within the Lestranges' vault?" he asked abruptly"The sword that lies inside it is a fake He looked from one to the other of them"I think that you already know thisYou asked me to lie for you back there
"But the fake sword isn't the only thing in that vault, is it?" asked Harry"Perhaps you've seen other things in there?"
His heart was pounding harder than everHe redoubled his efforts to chanel j12 watch ignore the pulsing of his scar
The goblin twisted his beard around his finger again
"It is against our code to speak of the secrets of GringottsWe are the guardians of fabulous treasuresWe have a duty to the objects placed in our care, which were, so often, wrought by our fingers
The goblin stroked the sword, and his black eyes roved from Harry to Hermione to Ron and then back again
"So young," he said finally, "to be fighting so many
"Will you help us?" said Harry"We haven't got a hope of breaking in without a goblin's helpYou're our one chancethink about it," said Griphook maddeningly
"But -" Ron started angrily; Hermione nudged him in the ribs
"Thank you," said Harry
The goblin bowed his great domed head in acknowledgement, cartier replica watch ladies santos steel then flexed his short legs
"I think," he said, settling himself ostentatiously upon Bill and Fleur's bed, "that the Skele-Gro has finished its workI may be able to sleep at last
"Yeah, of course," said Harry, but before leaving the room he leaned forward and took the sword of Gryffindor from beside the goblinGriphook did not protest, but Harry thought he saw resentment in the goblin's eyes as he closed the door upon him
"Little git," whispered Ron"He's enjoying keeping us hanging
"Harry," whispered Hermione, pulling them both away from the door, into the middle of the still-dark landing, "are you saying what I think you're saying? Are you saying there's a Horcrux in the Lestranges vault?"
"Yes," said Harry"Bellatrix was dolce and gabbana terrified when she thought we'd been in there, she was beside herselfWhy? What did she think we'd seen, what else did she think we might have taken? Something she was petrified You-Know-Who would find out about
"But I thought we were looking for places You-Know-Who's been, places he's done something important?" said Ron, looking baffled"Was he ever inside the Lestranges' vault?"
"I don't know whether he was ever inside Gringotts," said Harry"He never had gold there when he was younger, because nobody left him anythingHe would have seen the bank from the outside, though, the first time he ever went to Diagon Alley
Harry's scar throbbed, but he ignored it; he wanted Ron and Hermione to understand about Gringotts before they spoke to pink gucci watch Ollivander
"I think he would have envied anyone who had a key to a Gringotts vaultI think he'd have seen it as a real symbol of belonging to the Wizarding worldAnd don't forget, he trusted Bellatrix and her husbandThey were his most devoted servants before he fell, and they went looking for him after he vanishedHe said it night he came back, I heard him
Harry rubbed his scar
"I don't think he'd have told Bellatrix it was a Horcrux, thoughHe never told Lucius Malfoy the truth about the diaryHe probably told her it was a treasured possession and asked her to place it in her vaultThe safest place in the world for anything you want to hide, Hagrid told me
When Harry had finished speaking, Ron shook his head
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