"DESPITE THE SPIKED IRON GATE, THE ESTATE WAS MODEST. HARRY COULD HAVE WALKED THE PERIMETER OF THE GROUNDS IN HALF AN HOUR, THOUGH THE CURVING GRAVEL DRIVE GAVE THE IMPRESSION OF GREATER SPACE. AT THE END OF THE CURVE, ONE COULD GLIMPSE THE HOUSE, A TWO-STORY GRAY PILE WITH A SLATE ROOF AND CLAY CHIMNEYS, WALLS FUZZED WITH IVY, WINDOWS BROODING—ALL OF IT EASILY MANAGEABLE, EASILY GUARDED.
"THE GATE WAS THE ONLY ACCESS THROUGH A TEN-FOOT-HIGH WALL THAT SURROUNDED THE HOUSE. AT THE TOP OF THE WALL, COPPER CONDUCTORS PLACED EVERY DOZEN FEET OR SO GUIDED AN AETHERIAN CHARGE, A CRACKLING STREAM OF DEADLY GREEN ENERGY: A SECOND BARRIER, IMPASSABLE, SHOULD SOMEONE THINK THAT THEY COULD CLIMB THE WALL. THE HUMMING, FLICKERING LIGHT TRAVELLED DOWN THE BARS OF THE GATE AS WELL."
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