Гарри Поттер и узник Азкабана
The Knight Bus
BLACKSTILLATLARGESiriusBlack,possiblythemostinfamousprisonerevertobeheldinAzkabanfortress,isstilleludingcapture,theMinistryofMagicconfirmedtoday."WearedoingallwecantorecaptureBlack,"saidtheMinisterofMagic,CorneliusFudge,thismorning,"andwebegthemagicalcommunitytoremaincalm."FudgehasbeencriticizedbysomemembersoftheInternationalFederationofWarlocksforinformingtheMugglePrimeMinisterofthecrisis."Well,really,Ihadto,don’tyouknow,"saidanirritableFudge."Blackismad.He’sadangertoanyonewhocrosseshim,magicorMuggle.IhavethePrimeMinister’sassurancethathewillnotbreatheawordofBlack’strueidentitytoanyone.Andlet’sfaceit—who’dbelievehimifhedid?"WhileMuggleshavebeentoldthatBlackiscarryingagun(akindofmetalwandthatMugglesusetokilleachother),themagicalcommunitylivesinfearofamassacrelikethatoftwelveyearsago,whenBlackmurderedthirteenpeoplewithasinglecurse.HarrylookedintotheshadowedeyesofSiriusBlack,theonlypartofthesunkenfacethatseemedalive.Harryhadnevermetavampire,buthehadseenpicturesoftheminhisDefenseAgainsttheDarkArtsclasses,andBlack,withhiswaxywhiteskin,lookedjustlikeone.
"Scary-lookin’fing,inee?"saidStan,whohadbeenwatchingHarryread.
"Hemurderedthirteenpeople?"saidHarry,handingthepagebacktoStan,"withonecurse?"
"Yep,"saidStan,"infrontofwitnessesan’all.Broaddaylight.Bigtroubleitcaused,dinnit,Ern?"
"Ar,"saidErndarkly.
Stanswiveledinhisarmchair,hishandsontheback,thebettertolookatHarry.
