Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
Silver and opals
ThemoreHarryporedoverthebook,themoreherealizedhowmuchwasinthere,notonlythehandyhintsandshortcutsonpotionsthatwasearninghimsuchaglowingreputationwithSlughorn,butalsotheimaginativelittlejinxesandhexesscribbledinthemargins,whichHarrywassure,judgingbythecrossings-outandrevisions,thatthePrincehadinventedhimself.
HarryhadalreadyattemptedafewofthePrince’sself-inventedspells.Therehadbeenahexthatcausedtoenailstogrowalarminglyfast(hehadtriedthisonCrabbeinthecorridor,withveryentertainingresults);ajinxthatgluedthetonguetotheroofofthemouth(whichhehadtwiceused,togeneralapplause,onanunsuspectingArgusFilch);and,perhapsmostusefulofall,Muffliato,aspellthatfilledtheearsofanyonenearbywithanunidentifiablebuzzing,sothatlengthyconversationscouldbeheldinclasswithoutbeingoverheard.TheonlypersonwhodidnotfindthesecharmsamusingwasHermione,whomaintainedarigidlydisapprovingexpressionthroughoutandrefusedtotalkatallifHarryhadusedtheMuffliatospellonanyoneinthevicinity.
Sittingupinbed,HarryturnedthebooksidewayssoastoexaminemorecloselythescribbledinstructionsforaspellthatseemedtohavecausedthePrincesometrouble.Thereweremanycrossings-outandalterations,butfinally,crammedintoacornerofthepage,thescribble:
Levicorpus(n-vbl)
Whilethewindandsleetpoundedrelentlesslyonthewindows,andNevillesnoredloudly,Harrystaredatthelettersinbrackets.N-vbl...
