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"Severus, it is imperative that I speak with you." The Potions Master looked up from his gently simmering cauldron to see the Headmaster standing in the doorway of the dungeon. "Yes, Headmaster?" Dumbledore held up a rather shabby package wrapped in brown paper. "It has arrived." He brought it over to the table where Snape stood, and placed it on the table. "Just in time, too, for I have received a letter that an attempt has already been made." He pulled a letter out of his pocket and set it next to the little package. It was addressed to Dumbledore from the Head Goblin of Gringotts. "So, this is really it then?"  Snape asked, b