Ghost town.
Two Dark Marks on the same street, on either side of an empty house. Neighbors are too afraid to check. What's that about? Bella's not out in Diagon Alley, is she? It's not even past midnight yet.
((For those not keeping tabs, it's Jugson's work. And the empty house is Fawcet's.))
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I just heard the Hog's head's closing until further notice. So's a couple more pubs in both Diagon and Knockturn. Business hasn't been good since the curfew, the owners said, but we all know there's another reason.
The same reason, in fact, that the menagerie's closing, and the owlery, and the store what sells cheap cigarettes. The stores that aren't closing are those that stay open only until six in the evening. No one wants to be caught in the streets at night.
I guess this is the peace the Ministry wants. It's all quiet as a graveyard.