Transcript of "Very early page of PS"

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 98514

I believe that I have manage to decipher most of the handwriting ;-)
but there is still a few words that elude me. These are marked with <?>.
If anyone can improve on the transcript, I would be endlessly grateful.

   "So this Flamel bloke found the stone -" said Ron.
   "No - _made_ it," said Harry. "He was an alchemist, which <??>"
   "Someone who turns base metals into gold" said Hermione she had
that old proving-I-know-more-than-everyone-else look on her face,
the other two noticed, "of course. I read about it in 'Alchemy,
Ancient Art and Science' by Argo Pyrites -"
   "I missed that one myself," muttered Ron.
   "- of course. It's some of the most difficult magic you can do.
And you end up not just with pure gold, but also with a funny
stone <?lump?> -"
   "Which is what I'm on about," said Harry. "The Philosopher's
Stone, yes. And it works too. It kept Nicholas Flamel and his
wife alive for about five hundred years."
   "_What_?"
   "I know," said Harry. "But it's true. He was spotted at the
opera in Paris in 1762 and he was born back in 13 something."
   Ron whistled.
   "But he's dead now?" he asked.
   "Of course," said Harry. "Someone stole his Stone so he
couldn't make any more Elixir of Life, could he? It takes a while
to make another Stone and by that time, I suppose, he was just
too old to live without his Elixir until a new stone was ready.
And now I'll tell you something else really weird that I haven't
told you up to now - the Stone was found in my parents' safe at
Gringott's bank."
   But instead of the interested noises Harry had expected, Ron
and Herimione simply stared at him.
   "What?" said Harry.
   Ron cleared his throat, opened his mouth to speak, but shut it
again.
   "What?" Harry said.
   "Well, Harry," said Hermione. "I mean ..."
   "You mean what?"
   He stared at them both as tehy shuffled their feet and tried
not to look him in the eye.
   "You don't think," he said suddenly and angrily, "That my
_parents_ stole the stone?"
   "Um ..." said Ron.
   "Look," said Harry furiously, "That's like saying they
_murdered_ Flamel ..."
   "Oh Harry, we never thought ..."
   "Not much, you didn't," said Harry. "I don't know how it got in
there, but the stone wasn't put there by _them_ ..."
   "Right," said Ron quickly. "I'm sure you're right."
   "There must be an obvious explanation," said Hermione.
   Harry wasn't at all convinced that they meant it, but at that
moment the bell rang which put an end to the conservation.

/Troels