Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

The Centaur and the Sneak

           ’That’sallveryfine,Headmaster,’shesaid,smilingsweetly,’butwearenownearlysixmonthsonfromtheintroductionofEducationalDecreeNumberTwenty-four.Ifthefirstmeetingwasnotillegal,allthosethathavehappenedsincemostcertainlyare.

           ’Well,’saidDumbledore,surveyingherwithpoliteinterestoverthetopofhisinterlockedfingers,’theycertainlywouldbe,iftheyhadcontinuedaftertheDecreecameintoeffect.Doyouhaveanyevidencethatanysuchmeetingscontinued?’

           AsDumbledorespoke,HarryheardarustlebehindhimandratherthoughtKingsleywhisperedsomething.Hecouldhavesworn,too,thathefeltsomethingbrushagainsthisside,agentlesomethinglikeadraughtorbirdwings,butlookingdownhesawnothingthere.

           ’Evidence?’repeatedUmbridge,withthathorriblewidetoad-likesmile.’Haveyounotbeenlistening,Dumbledore?WhydoyouthinkMissEdgecombeishere?’

           ’Oh,canshetellusaboutsixmonths’worthofmeetings?’saidDumbledore,raisinghiseyebrows.’Iwasundertheimpressionthatshewasmerelyreportingameetingtonight.

           ’MissEdgecombe,’saidUmbridgeatonce,’tellushowlongthesemeetingshavebeengoingon,dear.Youcansimplynodorshakeyourhead,I’msurethatwon’tmakethespotsworse.Havetheybeenhappeningregularlyoverthelastsixmonths?’

           Harryfeltahorribleplummetinginhisstomach.Thiswasit,theyhadhitadeadendofsolidevidencethatnotevenDumbledorewouldbeabletoshiftaside.

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