Гарри Поттер и Кубок огня

The Riddle House

           Thevillagersexchangeddarklooks.

           "Ialwaysthoughtthathehadanastylookabouthim,rightenough,"gruntedamanatthebar.

           "Warturnedhimfunny,ifyouaskme,"saidthelandlord.

           "ToldyouIwouldn’tliketogetonthewrongsideofFrank,didn’tI,Dot?"saidanexcitedwomaninthecorner.

           "Horribletemper,"saidDot,noddingfervently."Iremember,whenhewasakid..."

           Bythefollowingmorning,hardlyanyoneinLittleHangletondoubtedthatFrankBrycehadkilledtheRiddles.

           ButoverintheneighboringtownofGreatHangleton,inthedarkanddingypolicestation,Frankwasstubbornlyrepeating,againandagain,thathewasinnocent,andthattheonlypersonhehadseennearthehouseonthedayoftheRiddles’deathshadbeenateenageboy,astranger,dark-hairedandpale.Nobodyelseinthevillagehadseenanysuchboy,andthepolicewerequitesureFrankhadinventedhim.

           Then,justwhenthingswerelookingveryseriousforFrank,thereportontheRiddles’bodiescamebackandchangedeverything.

           Thepolicehadneverreadanodderreport.AteamofdoctorshadexaminedthebodiesandhadconcludedthatnoneoftheRiddleshadbeenpoisoned,stabbed,shot,strangles,suffocated,or(asfarastheycouldtell)harmedatall.

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