Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

The Sorting Hat’s New Song

           Theteachers,however,werestilllisteningveryattentively,andHermioneseemedtobedrinkingineverywordUmbridgespoke,though,judgingbyherexpression,theywerenotatalltohertaste.

           ’...becausesomechangeswillbeforthebetter,whileotherswillcome,inthefullnessoftime,toberecognisedaserrorsofjudgement.Meanwhile,someoldhabitswillberetained,andrightlyso,whereasothers,outmodedandoutworn,mustbeabandoned.Letusmoveforward,then,intoaneweraofopenness,effectivenessandaccountability,intentonpreservingwhatoughttobepreserved,perfectingwhatneedstobeperfected,andpruningwhereverwefindpracticesthatoughttobeprohibited.

           Shesatdown.Dumbledoreclapped.Thestafffollowedhislead,thoughHarrynoticedthatseveralofthembroughttheirhandstogetheronlyonceortwicebeforestopping.Afewstudentsjoinedin,butmosthadbeentakenunawaresbytheendofthespeech,nothavinglistenedtomorethanafewwordsofit,andbeforetheycouldstartapplaudingproperly,Dumbledorehadstoodupagain.

           ’Thankyouverymuch,ProfessorUmbridge,thatwasmostilluminating,’hesaid,bowingtoher.’Now,asIwassaying,Quidditchtryoutswillbeheld...

           ’Yes,itcertainlywasilluminating,’saidHermioneinalowvoice.

           ’You’renottellingmeyouenjoyedit?’Ronsaidquietly,turningaglazedfacetowardsHermione.’ThatwasaboutthedullestspeechI’veeverheard,andIgrewupwithPercy.

           ’Isaidilluminating,notenjoyable,’saidHermione.’Itexplainedalot.

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