Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

The Sorting Hat’s New Song

           ProfessorMcGonagall’sdarkeyebrowshadcontractedsothatshelookedpositivelyhawklike,andHarrydistinctlysawherexchangeasignificantglancewithProfessorSproutasUmbridgegaveanotherlittle’hem,hem’andwentonwithherspeech.

           ’EveryheadmasterandheadmistressofHogwartshasbroughtsomethingnewtotheweightytaskofgoverningthishistoricschool,andthatisasitshouldbe,forwithoutprogresstherewillbestagnationanddecay.Thereagain,progressforprogress’ssakemustbediscouraged,forourtriedandtestedtraditionsoftenrequirenotinkering.Abalance,then,betweenoldandnew,betweenpermanenceandchange,betweentraditionandinnovation...

           Harryfoundhisattentivenessebbing,asthoughhisbrainwasslippinginandoutoftune.ThequietthatalwaysfilledtheHallwhenDumbledorewasspeakingwasbreakingupasstudentsputtheirheadstogether,whisperingandgiggling.OverontheRavenclawtableChoChangwaschattinganimatedlywithherfriends.AfewseatsalongfromCho,LunaLovegoodhadgotoutTheQuibbleragain.Meanwhile,attheHufflepufftableErnieMacmillanwasoneofthefewstillstaringatProfessorUmbridge,buthewasglassy-eyedandHarrywassurehewasonlypretendingtolisteninanattempttoliveuptothenewprefect’sbadgegleamingonhischest.

           ProfessorUmbridgedidnotseemtonoticetherestlessnessofheraudience.Harryhadtheimpressionthatafull-scaleriotcouldhavebrokenoutunderhernoseandshewouldhaveploughedonwithherspeech.

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