Гарри Поттер и Орден Феникса

Owls

           Thegroundswerebathedinsilverymoonlightandtherewasaslightchillintheair.Eachofthemsetuphisorhertelescopeand,whenProfessorMarchbanksgavetheword,proceededtofillintheblankstar-charttheyhadbeengiven.

           ProfessorsMarchbanksandToftystrolledamongthem,watchingastheyenteredtheprecisepositionsofthestarsandplanetstheywereobserving.Allwasquietexceptfortherustleofparchment,theoccasionalcreakofatelescopeasitwasadjustedonitsstand,andthescribblingofmanyquills.Halfanhourpassed,thenarhour;thelittlesquaresofreflectedgoldlightflickeringonthe:groundbelowstartedtovanishaslightsinthecastlewindowswereextinguished.

           AsHarrycompletedtheconstellationOriononhischart,however,thefrontdoorsofthecastleopeneddirectlybelowtheparapetwherehewasstanding,sothatlightspilleddownthestonestepsalittlewayacrossthelawn.Harryglanceddownashemadeaslightadjustmenttothepositionofhistelescopeandsawfiveorsixelongatedshadowsmovingoverthebrightlylitgrassbeforethedoorsswungshutandthelawnbecameaseaofdarknessoncemore.

           Harryputhiseyebacktohistelescopeandrefocusedit,nowexaminingVenus.Helookeddownathischarttoentertheplanetthere,butsomethingdistractedhim;pausingwithhisquillsuspendedovertheparchment,hesquinteddownintotheshadowygroundsandsawhalfadozenfigureswalkingoverthelawn.

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