Гарри Поттер и Дары Смерти

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           ThreeyearsafterwehadstartedatHogwarts,Albus’sbrother,Aberforth,arrivedatschool.Theywerenotalike:Aberforthwasneverbookishand,unlikeAlbus,preferredtosettleargumentsbyduelingratherthanthroughreasoneddiscussion.However,itisquitewrongtosuggest,assomehave,thatthebrotherswerenotfriends.Theyrubbedalongascomfortablyastwosuchdifferentboyscoulddo.InfairnesstoAberforth,itmustbeadmittedthatlivinginAlbus’sshadowcannothavebeenanaltogethercomfortableexperience.Beingcontinuallyoutshonewasanoccupationalhazardofbeinghisfriendandcannothavebeenanymorepleasurableasabrother.WhenAlbusandIleftHogwartsweintendedtotakethethen-traditionaltouroftheworldtogether,visitingandobservingforeignwizards,beforepursuingourseparatecareers.However,tragedyintervened.Ontheveryeveofourtrip,Albus’smother,Kendra,died,leavingAlbusthehead,andsolebreadwinner,ofthefamily.IpostponedmydeparturelongenoughtopaymyrespectsatKendra’sfuneral,thenleftforwhatwasnowtobeasolitaryjourney.Withayoungerbrotherandsistertocarefor,andlittlegoldlefttothem,therecouldnolongerbeanyquestionofAlbusaccompanyingme.

           Thatwastheperiodofourliveswhenwehadleastcontact.IwrotetoAlbus,describing,perhapsinsensitively,thewondersofmyjourney,fromnarrowescapesfromchimaerasinGreecetotheexperimentsoftheEgyptianalchemists.

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