Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

In the Hog’s Head

           HarryrememberedHagridmentioningthispubinhisfirstyear:’Yehgetaloto’funnyfolkintheHog’sHead,’hehadsaid,explaininghowhehadwonadragon’seggfromahoodedstrangerthere.AtthetimeHarryhadwonderedwhyHagridhadnotfounditoddthatthestrangerkepthisfacehiddenthroughouttheirencounter;nowhesawthatkeepingyourfacehiddenwassomethingofafashionintheHog’sHead.Therewasamanatthebarwhosewholeheadwaswrappedindirtygreybandages,thoughhewasstillmanagingtogulpendlessglassesofsomesmoking,fierysubstancethroughaslitoverhismouth;twofiguresshroudedinhoodssatatatableinoneofthewindows;HarrymighthavethoughtthemdementorsiftheyhadnotbeentalkinginstrongYorkshireaccents,andinashadowycornerbesidethefireplacesatawitchwithathick,blackveilthatfelltohertoes.Theycouldjustseethetipofhernosebecauseitcausedtheveiltoprotrudeslightly.

           ’Idon’tknowaboutthis,Hermione,’Harrymuttered,astheycrossedtothebar.Hewaslookingparticularlyattheheavilyveiledwitch.’HasitoccurredtoyouUmbridgemightbeunderthat?’

           Hermionecastanappraisingeyeovertheveiledfigure.

           ’Umbridgeisshorterthanthatwoman,’shesaidquietly.’Andanyway,evenifUmbridgedoescomeinherethere’snothingshecandotostopus,Harry,becauseI’vedouble-andtriple-checkedtheschoolrules.

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