Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка

           "Idunno,"saidFred,"buttheremustbeloadsofpeoplewho’dliketopoisonHarry,mustn’tthere?The’ChosenOne’andallthat?"

           "SoyouthinkSlughorn’saDeathEater?"saidGinny.

           "Anything’spossible,"saidFreddarkly.

           "HecouldbeundertheImperiusCurse,"saidGeorge.

           "Orhecouldbeinnocent,"saidGinny."Thepoisoncouldhavebeeninthebottle,inwhichcaseitwasprobablymeantforSlughornhimself."

           "Who’dwanttokillSlughorn?"

           "DumbledorereckonsVoldemortwantedSlughornonhisside,"saidHarry."SlughornwasinhidingforayearbeforehecametoHogwarts.And..."HethoughtofthememoryDumbledorehadnotyetbeenabletoextractfromSlughorn."AndmaybeVoldemortwantshimoutoftheway,maybehethinkshecouldbevaluabletoDumbledore."

           "ButyousaidSlughornhadbeenplanningtogivethatbottletoDumbledoreforChristmas,"Ginnyremindedhim."SothepoisonercouldjustaseasilyhavebeenafterDumbledore."

           "Thenthepoisonerdidn’tknowSlughornverywell,"saidHermione,speakingforthefirsttimeinhoursandsoundingasthoughshehadabadheadcold."AnyonewhoknewSlughornwouldhaveIknowntherewasagoodchancehe’dkeepsomethingthattastyforhimself."

           "Er-my-nee,"croakedRonunexpectedlyfrombetweenthem

           Theyallfellsilent,watchinghimanxiously,butaftermutteringincomprehensiblyforamomenthemerelystartedsnoring.