Гарри Поттер и Кубок огня

The Beginning

           TheGreatHall,whichinanycasehadbeenlessnoisythanitusuallywasattheLeavingFeast,becameveryquiet.

           "Theend,"saidDumbledore,lookingaroundatthemall,"ofanotheryear."

           Hepaused,andhiseyesfellupontheHufflepufftable.Theirshadbeenthemostsubduedtablebeforehehadgottentohisfeet,andtheirswerestillthesaddestandpalestfacesintheHall.

           "ThereismuchthatIwouldliketosaytoyoualltonight,"saidDumbledore,"butImustfirstacknowledgethelossofaveryfineperson,whoshouldbesittinghere,"hegesturedtowardtheHufflepuffs,"enjoyingourfeastwithus.Iwouldlikeyouall,please,tostand,andraiseyourglasses,toCedricDiggory."

           Theydidit,allofthem;thebenchesscrapedaseveryoneintheHallstood,andraisedtheirgoblets,andechoed,inoneloud,low,rumblingvoice,"CedricDiggory."

           HarrycaughtaglimpseofChothroughthecrowd.Thereweretearspouringsilentlydownherface.Helookeddownatthetableastheyallsatdownagain.

           "CedricwasapersonwhoexemplifiedmanyofthequalitiesthatdistinguishHufflepuffhouse,"Dumbledorecontinued."Hewasagoodandloyalfriend,ahardworker,hevaluedfairplay.Hisdeathhasaffectedyouall,whetheryouknewhimwellornot.Ithinkthatyouhavetheright,therefore,toknowexactlyhowitcameabout."

           HarryraisedhisheadandstaredatDumbledore.

           "CedricDiggorywasmurderedbyLordVoldemort."

           ApanickedwhisperswepttheGreatHall.PeoplewerestaringatDumbledoreindisbelief,inhorror.

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