Magic is Might

           AsAugustworeon,thesquareofunkemptgrassinthemiddleofGrimmauldPlaceshriveledinthesununtilitwasbrittleandbrown.Theinhabitantsofnumbertwelvewereneverseenbyanybodyinthesurroundinghouses,andnorwasnumbertwelveitself.TheMuggleswholivedinGrimmauldPlacehadlongsinceacceptedtheamusingmistakeinthenumberingthathadcausednumbereleventositbesidenumberthirteen.

           Andyetthesquarewasnowattractingatrickleofvisitorswhoseemedtofindtheanomalymostintriguing.BarelyadaypassedwithoutoneortwopeoplearrivinginGrimmauldPlacewithnootherpurpose,orsoitseemed,thantoleanagainsttherailingsfacingnumberselevenandthirteen,watchingthejoinbetweenthetwohouses.Thelurkerswereneverthesametwodaysrunning,althoughtheyallseemedtoshareadislikefornormalclothing.MostoftheLondonerswhopassedthemwereusedtoeccentricdressersandtooklittlenotice,thoughoccasionallyoneofthemmightglanceback,wonderingwhyanyonewouldwearsuchlongcloaksinthisheat.

           Thewatchersseemedtobegleaninglittlesatisfactionfromtheirvigil.Occasionallyoneofthemstartedforwardexcitedly,asiftheyhadseensomethinginterestingatlast,onlytofallbacklookingdisappointed.

           OnthefirstdayofSeptemberthereweremorepeoplelurkinginthesquarethaneverbefore.Halfadozenmeninlongcloaksstoodsilentandwatchful,gazingaseverathouseselevenandthirteen,butthethingforwhichtheywerewaitingstillappearedelusive.

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