Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана
The Boggart in the Wardrobe
Crack!
"Forward,Neville,andfinishhimoff!"saidLupinastheBoggartlandedonthefloorasacockroach.Crack!Snapewasback.ThistimeNevillechargedforwardlookingdetermined.
"Riddikulus!"heshouted,andtheyhadasplitsecond’sviewofSnapeinhislacydressbeforeNevilleletoutagreat"Ha!"oflaughter,andtheBoggartexploded,burstintoathousandtinywispsofsmoke,andwasgone.
"Excellent!"criedProfessorLupinastheclassbrokeintoapplause."Excellent,Neville.Welldone,everyone...Letmesee...fivepointstoGryffindorforeverypersontotackletheBoggart—tenforNevillebecausehedidittwice...andfiveeachtoHermioneandHarry."
"ButIdidn’tdoanything,"saidHarry.
"YouandHermioneansweredmyquestionscorrectlyatthestartoftheclass,Harry,"Lupinsaidlightly."Verywell,everyone,anexcellentlesson.Homework,kindlyreadthechapteronBoggartsandsummarizeitforme...tobehandedinonMonday.Thatwillbeall."
Talkingexcitedly,theclassleftthestaffroom.Harry,however,wasn’tfeelingcheerful.ProfessorLupinhaddeliberatelystoppedhimfromtacklingtheBoggart.Why?Wasitbecausehe’dseenHarrycollapseonthetrain,andthoughthewasn’tuptomuch?HadhethoughtHarrywouldpassoutagain?
Butnooneelseseemedtohavenoticedanything.
"Didyouseemetakethatbanshee?"shoutedSeamus.
"Andthehand!"saidDean,wavinghisownaround.
"AndSnapeinthathat!"
"Andmymummy!"
"IwonderwhyProfessorLupin’sfrightenedofcrystalballs?"saidLavenderthoughtfully
