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Another ten points from Gryffindor,” said Snape. “I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room.

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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