world – at Hogwarts.'
'No, no, no,' squeaked Dobby, shaking his head so hard his ears
flapped. 'Harry Potter must stay where he is safe. He is too great, too good, to lose. If Harry Potter goes back to Hogwarts, he will be in mortal danger.'
'Why?' said Harry in surprise.
'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year,' whispered Dobby, suddenly trembling all over. 'Dobby has known it for months, sir. Harry Potter must not put himself in peril. He is too important, sir!'
'What terrible things?' said Harry at once. 'Who's plotting them?'
Dobby made a funny choking noise and then banged his head madly against the wall.
'All right!' cried Harry, grabbing the elf's arm to stop him. 'You can't say, I understand. But why are you warning me?' A sudden, unpleasant thought struck him. 'Hang on – this hasn't got any- thing to do with Vol– sorry – with You Know Who, has it? You could just shake or nod,' he added hastily, as Dobby's head tilted worryingly close to the wall again.
Slowly, Dobby shook his head.
'Not – not He Who Must Not Be Named, sir.'
But Dobby's eyes were wide and he seemed to be trying to give
Harry a hint. Harry, however, was completely at sea.
'He hasn't got a brother, has he?'
Dobby shook his head, his eyes wider than ever.
'Well then, I can't think who else would have a chance of mak- ing horrible things happen at Hogwarts,' said Harry. 'I mean, there's Dumbledore, for one thing – you know who Dumbledore is, don't you?'
Dobby bowed his head.
'Albus Dumbledore is the greatest Headmaster Hogwarts has ever had. Dobby knows it, sir. Dobby has heard Dumbledore's powers rival those of He Who Must Not Be Named at the height of his strength. But sir,' Dobby's voice dropped to an urgent whis- per, 'there are powers Dumbledore doesn't ... powers no decent wizard ...'
And before Harry could stop him, Dobby bounded off the bed, seized Harry's desk lamp and started beating himself around the
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