You’ve got to give the door something?’
‘Yes,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Blood, if I am not much mistaken.’
‘Blood?’
‘I said it was crude,’ said Dumbledore, who sounded disdainful, even disappointed, as though Voldemort had fallen short of the standards Dumbledore expected.
 — J.K. Rowling
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