I just hope we've got enough photographs!鈥�
鈥楲isten to him,鈥�said the Healer, taking Lockhart's arm and beaming fondly at him as though he were a precocious two-year-old. 鈥楬e was rather well known a few years ago; we very much hope that this liking for giving autographs is a sign that his memory might be starting to come back. Will you step this way? He's in a closed ward, you know, he must have slipped out while I was bringing in the Christmas presents, the door's usually kept locked ... not that he's dangerous! But,鈥�she lowered her voice to a whisper, 鈥榟e's a bit of a danger to himself, bless him ... doesn't know who he is, you see, wanders off and can't remember how to get back ... it is nice of you to have come to see him.鈥�
鈥楨r,鈥�said Ron, gesturing uselessly at the floor above, 鈥榓ctually, we were just鈥攅r鈥斺�
But the Healer was smiling expectantly at them, and Ron's feeble mutter of 鈥榞oing to have a cup of tea鈥�trailed away into nothingness. They looked at each other helplessly, then followed Lockhart and his
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