.Its.OK,..he.told.Mundungus,..we.can.trust.Harry,.he.s.our.financial.backer...
.Look.what.Dung.s.got.us,..said.George,.holding.out.his.hand.to.Harry..It.was.full.of.what.looked.like.shrivelled.black.pods..A.faint.rattling.noise.was.coming.from.them,.even.though.they.were.completely.stationary..
.Venomous.Tentacula.seeds,..said.George...We.need.them.for.the.Skiving.Snackboxes.but.they.re.a.Class.C.Non‐Tradeable.Substance.so.we.ve.been.having.a.bit.of.trouble.getting.hold.of.them...
Ten.Galleons.the.lot,.then..Dung?..said.Fred..
.Wiv.all.the.trouble.1.went.to.to.get..em?..said.Mundungus,.his.saggy,.bloodshot.eyes.stretching.even.wider...I.m.sorry,.lads,.but.I.m.not.taking.a.Knut.under.twenty...
.Dung.likes.his.little.joke,..Fred.said.to.Harry..
.Yeah,.his.best.one.so.far.has.been.six.Sickles.for.a.bag.of.Knarl.quills,..said.George..
.Be.careful,..Harry.warned.them.quietly..
.What?..said.Fred...Mum.s.busy.cooing.over.Prefect.Ron,.we.re.OK...
.But.Moody.could.have.his.eye.on.you,..Harry.pointed.out..
Mundungus.looked.nervously.over.his.shoulder..
.Good.point,.that,..he.grunted...All.right,.lads,.ten.it.is,.if.you.ll.take..em.quick;.
.Cheers,.Harry!..said.Fred.delightedly,.when.Mundungus.had.emptied.his.pockets.into.the.twins..outstretched.hands.and.scuttled.off.towards.the.food.
.
.We.d.better.get.these.upstairs…..
Harry.watched.them.go,.feeling.slightly.uneasy..It.had.just.occurred.to.him.that.Mr.and.Mrs.Weasley.would.want.to.know.how.Fred.and.George.were.financing.their.joke.shop.busiess.when,.as.was.inevitable,.they.finally.found.out.about.it.
.Giving.l.he.twins.his.Triwizard.winnings.had.seemed.a.simple.thing.to.do.at.the.time,.but.what.if.it.led.to.another.family.row.and.a.Percy‐like.estrangement?
.Would.Mrs.Weasley.still.feel.that.Harry.was.as.
Tut.Woi.‐.OF.MR—.WEASIEY.
good.as.her.son.il.she.lound.out.he.had.made.it.possible.for.Fred.and.George.to.start.a.career.she.thought.quite.unsuitable?.
Standing.where.the.twins.had.left.him,.with.nothing.but.a.guilty.weight.in.the.pit.ol.his.stomaeh.tor.eompany,.Harry.caught.the.sound.ol.his.own.name.
.Kingsley.Shacklebolt.s.deep.voice.was.audible.even.over.the.surrounding.chatter..
.….why.Dumbledore.didn.t.make.Potter.a.prefect?..said.Kingsley..
.He.ll.have.had.his.reasons,..replied.Lupin..
.But.it.would.ve.shown.confidence.in.him..It.s.what.I.d.ve.done,..persisted.Kingsley,..specially.with.the.Daily.Prophet.having.a.go.at.him.every.few.days…..
Harry.did.not.look.round;.he.did.not.want.Lupin.or.Kingsley.to.know.he.had.heard..Though.not.remotely.hungry,.he.followed.Mundungus.back.towards.the.table..His.pleasure.in.the.party.had.evaporated.as.quickly.as.it.had.come;.he.wished.he.were.upstairs.in.bed..
Mad‐Eye.Moody.was.sniffing.at.a.chicken‐leg.with.what.remained.of.his.nose;
.evidently.he.could.not.detect.any.trace.of.poison,.because.he.then.tore.a.strip.off.it.with.his.teeth..
.….the.handles.made.of.Spanish.oak.with.anti‐jinx.varnish.and.in‐built.vibration.control.‐..Ron.was.saying.to.Tonks..