Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
After the burial
"You’realwaysdoingthat,Icangetthroughperfectlywellonmyown..."
TheportraitswungclosedbehindHarry,butnotbeforehehadheardDeanmakeanangryretort...hisfeelingofelationincreasing,Harrystrodeoffthroughthecastle.Hedidnothavetocreepalong,forhemetnobodyonhisway,butthisdidnotsurprisehimintheslightest.Thisevening,hewastheluckiestpersonatHogwarts.
WhyheknewthatgoingtoHagrid’swastherightthingtodo,hehadnoidea.Itwasasthoughthepotionwasilluminatingafewstepsofthepathatatime.Hecouldnotseethefinaldestination,hecouldnotseewhereSlughorncamein,butheknewthathewasgoingtherightwaytogetthatmemory.WhenhereachedtheentrancehallhesawthatFilchhadforgottentolockthefrontdoor.Beaming,Harrythrewitopenandbreathedinthesmellofcleanairandgrassforamomentbeforewalkingdownthestepsintothedusk.
ItwaswhenhereachedthebottomstepthatitoccurredtohimhowverypleasantitwouldbetopassthevegetablepatchonhiswalktoHagrid’s.Itwasnotstrictlyontheway,butitseemedcleartoHarrythatthiswasawhimonwhichheshouldact,sohedirectedhisfeetimmediatelytowardthevegetablepatch,wherehewaspleased,butnotaltogethersurprised,tofindProfessorSlughorninconversationwithProfessorSprout.Harrylurkedbehindalowstonewall,feelingatpeacewiththeworldandlisteningtotheirconversation.
"...Idothankyoufortakingthetime,Pomona,"Slughornwassayingcourteously.
