Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

Owls

           ’Excellent,’saidDeanThomasinanaudiblewhisper,’sowedon’thavetoworryaboutittilltheholidays.

           HarryimaginedsittinginhisbedroominPrivetDriveinsixweeks’time,waitingforhisOWLresults.Well,hethoughtdully,atleasthewouldbesureofonebitofpostthatsummer.

           Theirfirstexamination,TheoryofCharms,wasscheduledforMondaymorning.HarryagreedtotestHermioneafterlunchonSunday,butregretteditalmostatonce;shewasveryagitatedandkeptsnatchingthebookbackfromhimtocheckthatshehadgottheanswercompletelyright,finallyhittinghimhardonthenosewiththesharpedgeofAchievementsinCharming.

           ’Whydon’tyoujustdoityourself?’hesaidfirmly,handingthebookbacktoher,hiseyeswatering.

           Meanwhile,Ronwasreadingtwoyears’worthofCharmsnoteswithhisfingersinhisears,hislipsmovingsoundlessly;SeamusFinniganwaslyingflatonhisbackonthefloor,recitingthedefinitionofaSubstantiveCharmwhileDeancheckeditagainstTheStandardBookofSpells,Grade5;andParvatiandLavender,whowerepractisingbasicLocomotionCharms,weremakingtheirpencil-casesraceeachotheraroundtheedgeofthetable.

           Dinnerwasasubduedaffairthatnight.HarryandRondidnottalkmuch,butatewithgusto,havingstudiedhardallday.Hermione,ontheotherhand,keptputtingdownherknifeandforkanddivingunderthetableforherbag,fromwhichshewouldseizeabooktochecksomefactorfigure.

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