Гарри Поттер и тайная комната
The Heir of Slytherin
"He’sDumbledore’s,"saidHarry,squeezingthroughhimself.
"Howcomeyou’vegotasword?"saidRon,gapingattheglitteringweaponinHarry’shand.
"I’llexplainwhenwegetoutofhere,"saidHarrywithasidewaysglanceatGinny,whowascryingharderthanever.
"But—"
"Later,"Harrysaidshortly. Hedidn’tthinkitwasagoodideatotellRonyetwho’dbeenopeningtheChamber,notinfrontofGinny,anyway. "Where’sLockhart?"
"Backthere,"saidRon,stilllookingpuzzledbutjerkinghisheadupthetunneltowardthepipe. "He’sinabadway.Comeandsee."
LedbyFawkes,whosewidescarletwingsemittedasoftgoldenglowinthedarkness,theywalkedallthewaybacktothemouthofthepipe.GilderoyLockhartwassittingthere,hummingplacidlytohimself.
"Hismemory’sgone,"saidRon."TheMemoryCharmbackfired.Hithiminsteadofus. Hasn’tgotacluewhoheis,orwhereheis,orwhoweare.Itoldhimtocomeandwaithere.He’sadangertohimself."
Lockhartpeeredgood-naturedlyupatthemall.
"Hello,"hesaid."Oddsortofplace,this,isn’tit?Doyoulivehere?"
"No,"saidRon,raisinghiseyebrowsatHarry.
Harrybentdownandlookedupthelong,darkpipe.
"Haveyouthoughthowwe’regoingtogetbackupthis?"hesaidtoRon.
Ronshookhishead,butFawkesthephoenixhadswoopedpastHarryandwasnowflutteringinfrontofhim,hisbeadyeyesbrightinthedark.Hewaswavinghislonggoldentailfeathers. Harrylookeduncertainlyathim.
"Helookslikehewantsyoutograbhold..."saidRon,lookingperplexed."Butyou’remuchtooheavyforabirdtopullupthere—"
