Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
Horace Slughorn
"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."
