Гарри Поттер и Кубок огня

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

           Duringthefollowingweek,thereseemedtobeonlyonetopicofconversation,nomatterwhereHarrywent:theTriwizardTournament.Rumorswereflyingfromstudenttostudentlikehighlycontagiousgerms:whowasgoingtotryforHogwartschampion,whatthetournamentwouldinvolve,howthestudentsfromBeauxbatonsandDurmstrangdifferedfromthemselves.

           Harrynoticedtoothatthecastleseemedtobeundergoinganextra-thoroughcleaning.Severalgrimyportraitshadbeenscrubbed,muchtothedispleasureoftheirsubjects,whosathuddledintheirframesmutteringdarklyandwincingastheyfelttheirrawpinkfaces.Thesuitsofarmorweresuddenlygleamingandmovingwithoutsqueaking,andArgusFilch,thecaretaker,wasbehavingsoferociouslytoanystudentswhoforgottowipetheirshoesthatheterrifiedapairoffirst-yeargirlsintohysterics.

           Othermembersofthestaffseemedoddlytensetoo.

           "Longbottom,kindlydonotrevealthatyoucan’tevenperformasimpleSwitchingSpellinfrontofanyonefromDurmstrang!"ProfessorMcGonagallbarkedattheendofoneparticularlydifficultlesson,duringwhichNevillehadaccidentallytransplantedhisownearsontoacactus.

           WhentheywentdowntobreakfastonthemorningofthethirtiethofOctober,theyfoundthattheGreatHallhadbeendecoratedovernight.Enormoussilkbannershungfromthewalls,eachofthemrepresentingaHogwartsHouse:redwithagoldlionforGryffiindor,bluewithabronzeeagleforRavenclaw,yellowwithablackbadgerforHufflepuff,andgreenwithasilverserpentforSlytherin.

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