"He was thin and not very tall, probably a head taller than Jon."
Gabrielle made the comparison by using Jon.
"Not that old either, about the sa age as Papa, he spoke in a kind voice, and gave my sister and a gift when he first ca to our house, hmm, he gave a little bear doll."
Dumbledore's gaze revealed a thoughtful look, and then he asked.
"Do you rember when he went to your house and what he was discussing with your father?"
Gabrielle shook her head.
"I didn't listen. Papa usually won't let and my sister be around when he discusses things. But after that eting Papa was angry, and Mama didn't say anything as she stood at the side, that man just kept apologizing and then walked out of our house."
Gabrielle rembers that incident well enough to describe the full details of that ti, but the information doesn't seem to give them any valid clues.
To begin with, the very matter of why a French wizard, whom Gabrielle had t, appeared in the wagon was puzzling.
Dumbledore rubbed his thumb and then asked.
"How long ago was it when he ca to see your father? Was it close to the ti when your family mbers beca wanted later?"
"Just a week before Mama, Papa and my sister fled France."
"And can you rember clearly in which room on the wagon you saw that man? If you really forget, you can tell what places you visited last night."
Gabrielle struggled to rember.
"After I ca out of the dormitory, I first went to sit on the rooftop of the wagon for a while, then returned to the wagon in the latter part of the night, and kept drifting along the room on the left side toward the foyer, I don't know which room I drifted into when I saw a teapot inside that resembled the style of my ho, after which I rembered my mama, papa and sister, and then I seed to recall or see that person ."
She said hesitantly.
"Professor Dumbledore, I'm not sure whether I actually saw that person or not, at that ti I was crying ..."
Dumbledore whispered to comfort her.
"It doesn't matter, whether you saw that male wizard on the wagon or not, it's been a great help to us, child. No need to worry too much about the dentors, this creature is not really that scary, it just easily evokes negative emotions within a person. If you still feel down, you can go to the fifth room in the greenhouse, where there is a garden cultivated by Lily, which is quite pleasant for those who need to relax."
Gabrielle said thank you to Dumbledore and did not continue to stay in the Headmaster's office any longer.
And after she left, the Headmaster's office was left with only Jon and Dumbledore.
Jon looked at Dumbledore and couldn't help but ask.
"Professor, will a French wizard really be able to get into Hogwarts?"
Dumbledore tapped his fingers rhythmically on the desk and shook his head.
"This matter can not be determined that quickly, I need to contact Ms Roland, to determine whether there is this person in the French Ministry of Magic based on Gabrielle's description."
"What if this person is soone in the French Ministry of Magic?"
Dumbledore's gaze beca deep as he said gruffly.
"That would an that things are going in the worst-case scenario."
He didn't say what the worst-case scenario is, but Jon could hear the seriousness in Dumbledore's tone.
"So how do we catch the man lurking in the wagon?"
Jon asked, and a slightly relaxed look appeared on Dumbledore's face.
"If the Dark Lord did send soone to the wagon, what kind of person would that person be, what do you think?"
Jon thought about this question very seriously.
"He should be very competent, otherwise infiltrating the wagon would be a matter of question, and then he would need to face a lot of psychological pressure, because you are on the wagon at all tis, which is going to be more stressful than my previous infiltration into the castle, after all, Voldemort won't be in the castle the whole ti. Secondly, he must also have enough eloquence, otherwise, it is impossible to convince Percy to defect, unless he used an Imperius curse."
"Then such a person, how old do you think he should be?"
This question from Dumbledore made Jon hesitate for a mont.
To be honest, it would be much more difficult to sneak inside the wagon than it would be for Jon to sneak into Hogwarts Castle.
There are fewer students here, less space to move around, and it's unlikely that the professors would ignore any students, and Dumbledore would be on the wagon all the ti.
Not to ntion the reason why Jon was able to stay at Hogwarts Castle like a fish in water, mainly because he got the invisibility cloak and the Marauder's Map, two Perfect infiltration artefacts, and also because he had read the original books, so he was much more familiar with that castle than most people, plus Jon himself was not an ordinary 12-year-old.
Whereas the situation on the wagon is very different, it is more than ten tis more difficult to hide here without screwing up later, Jon does not think that Voldemort would send a random person over to complete such a task, no matter what, he must be the elite among the Death Eaters, not a kind of brainless and reckless man.
"If there's really soone who infiltrated the wagon, then he must be an adult wizard." Jon said with certainty.
Dumbledore obviously had the sa opinion as Jon.
"The wizard who infiltrated the wagon is bound to be an adult wizard, and we can use the sa thod of defence that the Dark Lord uses to prevent adult wizards from infiltrating Hogwarts Castle."
If Jon could not think of what Dumbledore was talking about at this ti, he would have grown his brain for nothing, and he looked at Dumbledore.
"Age Line?"
"Right." Dumbledore nodded and said, "I didn't previously place age line enchantnt on the wagon, because this is not only a school but also a temporary eting place for the Order of the Phoenix, but that doesn't an we can't do it."
A slightly relaxed smile appeared on Jon's face at this point.
"As long as the age line is added to the protective enchantnt of the wagon, then all adult wizards except for the professor will be discovered at that ti!"
Dumbledore also had a smile on his face.
"But this matter still needs so preparation, applying age line enchantnt on the whole wagon is not the sa as ordinary spell casting, if I want to maintain the effect, I have to arrange it for quite a long ti, during which it is still necessary to keep caution on the wagon."
"I rember you have charms class in the afternoon, now it's almost ti, don't be late."
Jon did not stay in the Headmaster's office, or he would indeed be late for his charms class.
And after he left, Dumbledore pulled out a yellowed parchnt from his desk.
He gripped the ink-stained quill, pondered for a mont, and then wrote a paragraph on the parchnt.
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