Popular Web NovelsChapter 646 Mrs. ColeChapter 646 Mrs. Cole
"Bring the iodine upstairs to Martha, Billy Stubbs scratched his scabs..."
"Eri Ke Hua Lai's chickenpox must be treated on time. The child's scratches caused bleeding and stained the sheets..."
"Be careful not to let other children sneak in. Chickenpox protection is the most important thing at the moment!"< br>
Mrs. Cole is not an easy lady to get along with. From the way she ordered her assistants with a straight face, it can be seen that the director of the orphanage is a hard-liner.
Mrs. Cole walked quickly through the black-and-white tiled foyer, her eyes roaming the shabby and narrow room, making sure that every corner was neat and spotless, and then she looked at Dumbledore who was waiting in the room.
She wore an apron like the other caregivers, but it couldn't hide her fierce aura at all. He is skinny, his cheeks are clear-cut because of the lack of flesh, his cheekbones are slightly raised, and his eyes are so sharp that it is difficult to look directly at him.
The three of them, immersed in distant memories, stood silently in the corner. Harry unconsciously looked away from Mrs. Cole, even though he knew that the other party could not see him.
"Can such a...supervisor really take good care of those children?" He whispered.
"The orphanage is very financially strapped. The funds distributed by the Muggle government, donations from churches and charity funds, combined, can barely maintain their food and clothing..." Loren explained in a calm voice: " As a supervisor, you can only keep the orphanage running with a cold attitude and sharp methods."
"..."
Harry fell into silence.
Dumbledore put his arm around Loren's shoulders, patted him gently, and said nothing.
Loren looked at Mrs. Cole and felt that her sternness was different from that of Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape. She looked tired, more anxious than ferocious.
The heavy and complicated affairs made her breathless.
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Cole, my name is Albus Dumbledore." The young Dumbledore said softly, with a gentle smile that was hard not to be impressed, "I wrote you a letter. , please make an appointment with me, you are very kind to invite me to come here today."
Mrs. Cole squinted her eyes and looked him up and down, and after a few seconds she braced herself and said: "Oh, by the way, I am. Remember this... let's go to the room to talk."
"Okay, Mrs. Cole."
"..."
The two left one after another. .
The old principal's eyes fell on the back, and he said with some nostalgia: "At that time, I was still the professor of Transfiguration at the school. Like Minerva now, I would visit freshmen who had difficulty in enrolling every summer. It was really a very meaningful job. ..."
Loren and Harry didn't speak. They turned towards the wall on the right and went straight into another cabin.
It happened that Mrs. Cole led this weirdly dressed guest in just now. It was a room that was half living room and half office. The furnishings and decoration were as simple and shabby as the entrance hall. The furniture was old and unmatched. It should be It was collected from donations from all over.
She motioned for Dumbledore to sit on a rickety chair, and she sat behind a messy table, looking at him slightly nervously.
"I have stated my intention in the letter. I am here to discuss Tom Riddle's affairs with you and arrange a future for him."
"Are you his relative?"
"No, I am a teacher. I am here to invite Tom to study in our school."
"So, what kind of school is this? ?"
"The school's name is Hogwarts." "Why are you interested in Tom?"
"We thought he had some of the qualities we were looking for."
"You mean he won a scholarship? How could that be? He never signed up for it?"
"… …"
As the director of the orphanage, Mrs. Cole has a shrewd mind and sharp eyesight, and can always see through the flaws in the story.
A school she had never heard of, an eccentric professor... She sincerely hoped that this Dumbledore could bring good news to the children in the courtyard, but she could not trust him, so Trying your best to figure out the whole story is a headache.
Watching the young Dumbledore take out his wand and wave it at a Muggle lady when he couldn't answer, Loren and Harry silently looked at the old headmaster beside them.
Although they are not as familiar with legal provisions as Hermione, the two of them can be sure that this operation is absolutely against the rules!
The old principal blinked and chuckled: "A little trick for parents, a confusion spell and a little gin..."
"Tsk..."
< br>This technique was very effective. The blank paper turned into a document that complied with the procedures under the influence of the confusion spell. After two glasses of gin, Mrs. Cole completely relaxed her vigilance and could not remember that this bottle of wine was from a few minutes ago. Appeared out of thin air.
"I wonder if you could tell me about Tom Riddle's life experience? He seems to have been born in this orphanage?"
The visiting professor at Hogwarts and the new guardian of the orphanage began to open up. Open your heart and chat freely without any scruples.
"It was New Year's Eve, a night with bad weather. It was snowing outside and extremely cold. The girl was not much older than me at the time. I had just come here to work at the time and was staggering. Up the front steps... well, we've been through this a lot. We helped her in, and within an hour she gave birth
"She said to me, it's a boy. The surname was Riddle, and he inherited the name of his maternal grandfather Marvolo as his middle name. He was named Tom after his father. He hoped that the child would look like his father...
"Then she said nothing more and died soon. "
"The poor girl seemed to take this very seriously, but no Tom, Marvolo, or Riddle family ever came to see him, and he had no relatives, so he stayed in the orphanage. To this day..."
Gin and the confusion spell completely took off Mrs. Cole's defenses. She drank one glass after another, with two blushes on her cheekbones. Her consciousness gradually became blurred, but she still cared about it. By Tom Riddle.
Faced with Dumbledore's inquiry, after repeatedly confirming that Hogwarts would definitely accept him, he felt relieved and began to introduce Riddle's situation.
"He was a weird kid."
"He was weird as a baby and almost never cried. Later, as he grew older, he became very... weird ."
"He likes to bully people, but it's hard to catch him in the act. There have been some accidents, or rather, some vicious incidents..."
"Billy Stubbs' rabbit was hung from the rafters. , Tom said it wasn't him, and I don't think he could have done it, but that being said, the rabbit wouldn't have hung on the beam by itself, right?"
"I came back from the seaside last time. Amy Benson and Dennis Bishop have always been uncomfortable. When we asked, they only said that they went into a cave with Tom Riddle..."
(End of Chapter)
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