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In Memorandum

           "ButIcanpromisethatanybodywhostillthinksDumbledorewaswhiteashisbeardisinforarudeawakening!Let’sjustsaythatnobodyhearinghimrageagainstYou-Know-WhowouldhavedreamedthathedabbledintheDarkArtshimselfinhisyouth!Andforawizardwhospenthislateryearspleadingfortolerance,hewasn’texactlybroad-mindedwhenhewasyounger!Yes,AlbusDumbledorehadanextremelymurkypast,nottomentionthatveryfishyfamily,whichheworkedsohardtokeephushedup."

           IaskwhetherSkeeterisreferringtoDumbledore’sbrother,Aberforth,whoseconvictionbytheWizengamotformisuseofmagiccausedaminorscandalfifteenyearsago.

           "Oh,Aberforthisjustthetipofthedungheap,"laughsSkeeter."No,no,I’mtalkingaboutmuchworsethanabrotherwithafondnessforfiddlingaboutwithgoats,worseeventhantheMuggle-maimingfatherDumbledorecouldn’tkeepeitherofthemquietanyway,theywerebothchargedbytheWizengamot.No,it’sthemotherandthesisterthatintriguedme,andalittledigginguncoveredapositivenestofnastinessbut,asIsay,you’llhavetowaitforchaptersninetotwelveforfulldetails.AllIcansaynowis,it’snowonderDumbledorenevertalkedabouthowhisnosegotbroken."

           Familyskeletonsnotwithstanding,doesSkeeterdenythebrilliancethatledtoDumbledore’smanymagicaldiscoveries?

           "Hehadbrains,"sheconcedes,"althoughmanynowquestionwhetherhecouldreallytakefullcreditforallofhissupposedachievements.

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