Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
Will and Won’t
"Why?"
"Well,"saidDumbledore,ignoringthemutteringsofUncleVernon,whowasnowbeingrappedsmartlyovertheheadbythepersistentglassofmead,"Blackfamilytraditiondecreedthatthehousewashandeddownthedirectline,tothenextmalewiththenameof’Black.’Siriuswastheverylastofthelineashisyoungerbrother,Regulus,predeceasedhimandbothwerechildless.Whilehiswillmakesitperfectlyplainthathewantsyoutohavethehouse,itisneverthelesspossiblethatsomespellorenchantmenthasbeensetupontheplacetoensurethatitcannotbeownedbyanyoneotherthanapure-blood."
Avividimageoftheshrieking,spittingportraitofSirius’smotherthathunginthehallofnumbertwelve,GrimmauldPlaceflashedintoHarry’smind."Ibettherehas,"hesaid.
"Quite,"saidDumbledore."Andifsuchanenchantmentexists,thentheownershipofthehouseismostlikelytopasstotheeldestofSirius’slivingrelatives,whichwouldmeanhiscousin,BellatrixLestrange."
Withoutrealizingwhathewasdoing,Harrysprangtohisfeet;thetelescopeandtrainersinhislaprolledacrossthefloor.BellatrixLestrange,Sirius’skiller,inherithishouse?
"No,"hesaid.
"Well,obviouslywewouldpreferthatshedidn’tgetiteither,"saidDumbledorecalmly."Thesituationisfraughtwithcomplications.Wedonotknowwhethertheenchantmentsweourselveshaveplaceduponit,forexample,makingitUnplottable,willholdnowthatownershiphaspassedfromSirius’shands.
