Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

The Lion and the Serpent

           WhenAliciaSpinnetturnedupinthehospitalwingwithhereyebrowsgrowingsothickandfasttheyobscuredhervisionandobstructedhermouth,SnapeinsistedthatshemusthaveattemptedaHair-thickeningCharmonherselfandrefusedtolistentothefourteeneye-witnesseswhoinsistedtheyhadseentheSlytherinKeeper,MilesBletchley,hitherfrombehindwithajinxwhilesheworkedinthelibrary.

           HarryfeltoptimisticaboutGryffindorschances;theyhad,afterall,neverlosttoMalfoy’steam.Admittedly,RonwasstillnotperformingtoWood’sstandard,buthewasworkingextremelyhardtoimprove.Hisgreatestweaknesswasatendencytoloseconfidenceafterhe’dmadeablunder;ifheletinonegoalhebecameflusteredandwasthereforelikelytomissmore.Ontheotherhand,HarryhadseenRonmakesometrulyspectacularsaveswhenhewasonform;duringonememorablepracticehehadhungone-handedfromhisbroomandkickedtheQuafflesohardawayfromthegoalhoopthatitsoaredthelengthofthepitchandthroughthecentrehoopattheotherend;therestoftheteamfeltthissavecomparedfavourablywithonemaderecentlybyBarryRyan,theIrishInternationalKeeper,againstPoland’stopChaser,LadislawZamojski.EvenFredhadsaidthatRonmightyetmakehimandGeorgeproud,andthattheywereseriouslyconsideringadmittinghewasrelatedtothem,somethingtheyassuredhimtheyhadbeentryingtodenyforfouryears.

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