Гарри Поттер и тайная комната
At Flourish and Blotts
Hershrieksfollowedthemallthewayalongthetwistingalleywayoutintobrightsunlight.Harrysawafamiliar,snow-whitemarblebuildinginthedistance-GringottsBank.HagridhadsteeredhimrightintoDiagonAlley.
"Yeramess!"saidHagridgruffly,brushingsootoffHarrysoforcefullyhenearlyknockedhimintoabarrelofdragondungoutsideanapothecary. "Skulkin’aroundKnockturnAlley,Idunnododgyplace,Harry-don’wantnooneterseeyehdownthere—"
"Irealizedthat,"saidHarry,duckingasHagridmadetobrushhimoffagain."Itoldyou,Iwaslost-whatwereyoudoingdownthere,anyway?"
"Iwaslookin’feraFlesh-Eatin’SlugRepellent,"growledHagrid."They’reruinin’theschoolcabbages.Yernotonyerown?"
"I’mstayingwiththeWeasleysbutwegotseparated,"Harryexplained."I’vegottogoandfindthem..."
Theysetofftogetherdownthestreet.
"Howcomeyehneverwrotebackterme?"saidHagridasHarryjoggedalongsidehim(hehadtotakethreestepstoeverystrideofHagrid’senormousboots). HarryexplainedallaboutDobbyandtheDursleys.
"LousyMuggles,"growledHagrid."IfI’d’veknown—"
"Harry!Harry!Overhere!"
HarrylookedupandsawHermioneGrangerstandingatthetopofthewhiteflightofstepstoGringotts. Sherandowntomeetthem,herbushybrownhairflyingbehindher.
