After they knocked, the nervous voice of Mrs. Molly Weasley asked them to declare their intent: Dumbledore responded and she, recognizing his voice, opened the door instantly. Inside, they saw a young and pale witch, Tonks, seated at the table (she looked drawn and Mrs. Weasley, troubled). After Tonks and Dumbledore had vanished at the same spot, Mrs. Weasley asked Harry if he was hungry. She then fed him. As Harry sat at the table, a ginger cat with a squashed face hopped onto his knees, purring and he asked Mrs. Weasley when Hermione had arrived. Mrs. Weasley discussed Slughorn as she cooked: she and Mr. Weasley had been his students at Hogwart's and now, just recently, Arthur had been promoted to a position Scrimgeour had created in response to the escalating war.
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