Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка
Horace Slughorn
AllverywellforDumbledoretotalk,buttakingupapostatHogwartsjustnowwouldbetantamounttodeclaringmypublicallegiancetotheOrderofthePhoenix!AndwhileI’msurethey’reveryadmirableandbraveandalltherestofit,Idon’tpersonallyfancythemortalityrate—"
"Youdon’thavetojointheOrdertoteachatHogwarts,"saidHarry,whocouldnotquitekeepanoteofderisionoutofhisvoice:itwashardtosympathizewithSlughorn’scossetedexistencewhenherememberedSirius,crouchinginacaveandlivingonrats."Mostoftheteachersaren’tinit,andnoneofthemhaseverbeenkilled—well,unlessyoucountQuirrell,andhegotwhathedeservedseeingashewasworkingwithVoldemort."
HarryhadbeensureSlughornwouldbeoneofthosewizardswhocouldnotbeartohearVoldemort’snamespokenaloud,andwasnotdisappointed:Slughorngaveashudderandasquawkofprotest,whichHarryignored.
"IreckonthestaffaresaferthanmostpeoplewhileDumbledore’sHeadmaster;he’ssupposedtobetheonlyoneVoldemorteverfeared,isn’the?"Harrywenton.
Slughorngazedintospaceforamomentortwo:HeseemedtobethinkingoverHarry’swords.
"Well,yes,itistruethatHe-Who-Must-Not-Be-NamedhasneversoughtafightwithDumbledore,"hemutteredgrudgingly."AndIsupposeonecouldarguethatasIhavenotjoinedtheDeathEaters,He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Namedcanhardlycountmeafriend...inwhichcase,ImightwellbesaferalittleclosertoAlbus...IcannotpretendthatAmeliaBones’sdeathdidnotshakeme...
