Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
A sluggish memory
"Lookwhathappenedhere,lookwhathappenedtoMorfin!"
"Iagree,"saidDumbledore."WhateverMorfinwas,hedidnotdeservetodieashedid,blamedformurdershehadnotcommitted.Butitisgettinglate,andIwantyoutoseethisothermemorybeforewepart..."
DumbledoretookfromaninsidepocketanothercrystalphialandHarryfellsilentatonce,rememberingthatDumbledorehadsaiditwasthemostimportantonehehadcollected.HarrynoticedthatthecontentsproveddifficulttoemptyintothePensieve,asthoughtheyhadcongealedslightly;didmemoriesgobad?
"Thiswillnottakelong,"saidDumbledore,whenhehadfinallyemptiedthephial."Weshallbebackbeforeyouknowit.OncemoreintothePensieve,then..."
AndHarryfellagainthroughthesilversurface,landingthistimerightinfrontofamanherecognizedatonce.
ItwasamuchyoungerHoraceSlughorn.HarrywassousedtohimbaldthathefoundthesightofSlughornwiththick,shiny,straw-coloredhairquitedisconcerting;itlookedasthoughhehadhadhisheadthatched,thoughtherewasalreadyashinyGalleon-sizedbaldpatchonhiscrown.Hismustache,lessmassivethanitwasthesedays,wasgingery-blond.HewasnotquiteasrotundastheSlughornHarryknew,thoughthegoldenbuttonsonhisrichlyembroideredwaistcoatweretakingafairamountofstrain.Hislittlefeetrestinguponavelvetpouffe,hewassittingwellbackinacomfortablewingedarmchair,onehandgraspingasmallglassofwine,theothersearchingthroughaboxofcrystalizedpineapple.
