Married to You.pdf

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1、MarriedtoYou?1."Ican'tbelieveit!"Hermioneexclaimed.SheshookherheadandscannedtheDailyProphetarticleagain.Ginnypouredanotherglassoforangejuice."Whatisit?""It'stheMinistry!They'reabsoluteravinglunatics!"Hermioneblustered."Howcouldtheyeventhink…it'spreposterous!""Manypreposterousthingse

2、ndupbeingastrueandrealasyouandme,"Lunareprovedairily,butteringhertoast."Rememberhowyoudidn'tbelieveinwrackspurts?"Hermionebristled,readytovehementlydenytheactualexistenceofanysuchthing.Instead,thefinalgirlsharingtheflatcameintothekitchen.PadmaPatilyawnedbeforeshepouredherselfacupofh

3、ottea."What'sallthecommotionabout,Hermione?""TheMinistryagain,"Ginnysupplied."Oh.Isthatall?Icouldhavesleptlonger."Padmasighedandtookasipofhertea."They'realwaysupsettingourHermione.""It'sworthbeingupsetaboutthistime!"Hermionecried."Seeforyourself!"Withaflourish,HermioneGrangerspreadt

4、heDailyProphetoutfortheotherstoread.Onebyone,theyreadtheoffendingarticle.MINISTRYMANDATESMARRIAGESDuetothealarmingnumberofdeathsfromtherecentwar,theMinistryisarrangingmarriagesforallwitchesandwizardsofchild-bearingage."WeshouldhavedonethisafterthewarwithGrindelwald,andagainafterthef

5、irstwaragainstVoldemort,"oneMinistryofficialstates."Naturalbabyboomsjusthaven'tbeenenough.Thisisouronlychanceforthesurvivalofthewizardingworld."ThenewlawispatternedafteroneusedforthereconstructionofthewizardingworldaftertheBlackDeathdecimatedworldpopulations,bothwizardandmugglealike

6、,intheMiddleAges.Ithasbeenalteredslightlytoaccountfortoday'smoderntimes.Ifanagedifferenceofmorethanfifteenyearsissuggestedasmostcompatible,itmustbeapprovedbybothparties.Aforcedsubmissionbondisalsonolongerrequiredorsuggested.TheMinistryhasconsultedthe"marriagegoblet"tofindthemostsuit

7、ablematches.Namesofallaffectedwitchesandwizardswereputintothegoblet,whichdecidedwhichpairingshavethebestpossiblecompatibilityratings.TheMinistryisstrivingtomatchcouplesascloseto75compatibilityaspossible,withaslowas50andashighas100beingacceptable.Officialsstatethatwhilea100compatibil

8、itymayseembest,such