Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка

           "Professor,whycouldn’twejustApparatedirectlyintoyouroldcolleague’shouse?"

           "Becauseitwouldbequiteasrudeaskickingdownthefrontdoor,"saidDumbledore."Courtesydictatesthatweofferfellowwizardstheopportunityofdenyingusentry.Inanycase,mostWizardingdwellingsaremagicallyprotectedfromunwantedApparators.AtHogwarts,forinstance—"

           "—youcan’tApparateanywhereinsidethebuildingsorgrounds,"saidHarryquickly."HermioneGrangertoldme."

           "Andsheisquiteright.Weturnleftagain."

           Thechurchclockchimedmidnightbehindthem.HarrywonderedwhyDumbledoredidnotconsideritrudetocallonhisoldcolleaguesolate,butnowthatconversationhadbeenestablished,hehadmorepressingquestionstoask.

           "Sir,IsawintheDailyProphetthatFudgehasbeensacked..."

           "Correct,"saidDumbledore,nowturningupasteepsidestreet."Hehasbeenreplaced,asIamsureyoualsosaw,byRufusScrimgeour,whousedtobeHeadoftheAuroroffice."

           "Ishe...doyouthinkhe’sgood?"askedHarry.

           "Aninterestingquestion,"saidDumbledore."Heisable,certainly.AmoredecisiveandforcefulpersonalitythanCornelius."

           "Yes,butImeant—"

           "Iknowwhatyoumeant.Rufusisamanofactionand,havingfoughtDarkwizardsformostofhisworkinglife,doesnotunderestimateLordVoldemort."

           Harrywaited,butDumbledoredidnotsayanythingaboutthedisagreementwithScrimgeourthattheDailyProphethadreported,andhedidnothavethenervetopursuethesubject,sohechangedit.

           "And...sir...IsawaboutMadamBones."