Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка

           "Timetoleave,Harry,"saidDumbledorequietly,andasthelittleelfbobbedawaybearingtheboxes,DumbledoregraspedHarryonceagainabovetheelbowandtogethertheyroseupthroughoblivionandbacktoDumbledore’soffice.

           "HepzibahSmithdiedtwodaysafterthatlittlescene,"saidDumbledore,resuminghisseatandindicatingthatHarryshoulddothesame."Hokeythehouse-elfwasconvictedbytheMinistryofpoisoninghermistress’seveningcocoabyaccident."

           "Noway!"saidHarryangrily.

           "Iseeweareofonemind,"saidDumbledore."Certainly,thenaremanysimilaritiesbetweenthisdeathandthatoftheRiddles.Inbothcases,somebodyelsetooktheblame,someonewhohadaclearmemoryofhavingcausedthedeath—"

           "Hokeyconfessed?"

           "Sherememberedputtingsomethinginhermistress’scocoathatturnedoutnottobesugar,butalethalandlittle-knownpoison,"saidDumbledore."Itwasconcludedthatshehadnotmeanttodoit,butbeingoldandconfused—"

           "Voldemortmodifiedhermemory,justlikehedidwithMorfin!"

           "Yes,thatismyconclusiontoo,"saidDumbledore."And,justaswithMorfin,theMinistrywaspredisposedtosuspectHokey—"

           "—becauseshewasahouse-elf,"saidHarry.HehadrarelyfeltmoreinsympathywiththesocietyHermionehadsetup,S.P.E.W.

           "Precisely,"saidDumbledore."Shewasold,sheadmittedtohavingtamperedwiththedrink,andnobodyattheMinistrybotheredtoinquirefurther.