veil-of-death

Harry: "Have you_" he began. "I mean, who _ has anyone you known ever died?" "Yes," said Luna simply, "my mother. She was a quite extraordinary witch, you know, but she did like to experiment and one of her spells went rather badly wrong one day. I was nine." "I__ sorry," Harry mumbled. "Yes, it was rather horrible," said Luna conversationally. "I still feel very sad about it sometimes. But I__e still got Dad. And anyway, it__ not as though I__l never see Mum again, is it?" "Er _ isn__ it?" said Harry uncertainly. She shook her head in disbelief. "Oh, come on. You heard them, just behind the veil, didn__ you?" " You mean_" "In that room in the archway. They were just lurking out of sight, that__ all, you heard them.