It was because of this that, though he could now guess what was coming, he felt less humble in victory and more undeserving. Dumbledore had said something once about having to choose between doing what was right and what was easy. The man had been correct: Harry knew he had done the right thing in that summit back last March, but he had paid a hard price for it, isolating himself from a lot of people, if not quite ostracizing them.