Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
Birthday surprises
Potionslessonswereuncomfortableenoughthesedays,seeingasHarry,RonandHermionehadtoshareadesk.Today,HermionemovedhercauldronaroundthetablesothatshewasclosetoErnie,andignoredbothHarryandRon.
"What’veyoudone?"RonmutteredtoHarry,lookingatHermione’shaughtyprofile.
ButbeforeHarrycouldanswer,Slughornwascallingforsilencefromthefrontoftheroom.
"Settledown,settledown,please!Quickly,now,lotsofworktogetthroughthisafternoon!Golpalott’sThirdLaw...whocantellme—?ButMissGrangercan,ofcourse!"
Hermionerecitedattopspeed:"Golpalott’sThirdLawstatesthattheantidoteforablendedpoisonwillbeequaltomorethanthesumoftheantidotesforeachoftheseparalecomponents."
"Precisely!"beamedSlughorn."TenpointsforGryffindor!Now,ifweacceptGolpalott’sThirdLawastrue..."
HarrywasgoingtohavetotakeSlughorn’swordforitthatGolpalott’sThirdLawwastrue,becausehehadnotunderstoodanyofit.NobodyapartfromHermioneseemedtobefollowingwhatSlughornsaidnext,either.
"...whichmeans,ofcourse,thatassumingwehaveachievedcorrectidentificationofthepotion’singredientsbyScarpin’sRevelaspell,ourprimaryaimisnottherelativelysimpleoneofselectingantidotestothoseingredientsinandofthemselves,buttofindthataddedcomponentwhichwill,byanalmostalchemicalprocess,transformthesedisparateelements—"
RonwassittingbesideHarrywithhismouthhalf-open,doodlingabsentlyonhisnewcopyofAdvancedPotion-Making.
