Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.
It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened voice. "We're nearly there ... I can Apparate us both back ... don't worry ..." "I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you.
Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.
The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.
There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years.
He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself.
Silence fell between the four of them as they looked up at the sky. There was no sign of movement, the stars stared back, unblinking, indifferent, unobscured by flying friends. Where was Ron? Where were Fred and Mr Weasley? Where were Bill, Fleur, Tonks, Mad Eye, Mundungus?
Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.
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