Гарри Поттер и Дары Смерти

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           NeveroncehadheimaginedDumbledore’schildhoodoryouth;itwasasthoughhehadsprungintobeingasHarryhadknownhim,venerableandsilver-hairedandold.TheideaofateenageDumbledorewassimplyodd,liketryingtoimagineastupidHermioneorafriendlyBlast-EndedSkrewt.

           HehadneverthoughttoaskDumbledoreabouthispast.Nodoubtitwouldhavefeltstrange,impertinenteven,butafterallithadbeencommonknowledgethatDumbledorehadtakenpartinthatlegendaryduelwithGrindelwald,andHarryhadnotthoughttoaskDumbledorewhatthathadbeenlike,noraboutanyofhisotherfamousachievements.No,theyhadalwaysdiscussedHarry,Harry’spast,Harry’sfuture,Harry’splans...anditseemedtoHarrynow,despitethefactthathisfuturewassodangerousandsouncertain,thathehadmissedirreplaceableopportunitieswhenhehadfailedtoaskDumbledoremoreabouthimself,eventhoughtheonlypersonalquestionhehadeveraskedhisheadmasterwasalsotheonlyonehesuspectedthatDumbledorehadnotansweredhonestly:

           "Whatdoyouseewhenyoulookinthemirror?"

           "I?Iseemyselfholdingapairofthick,woolensocks."

           Afterseveralminutes’thought,HarrytoretheobituaryoutoftheProphet,foldeditcarefully,andtuckeditinsidethefirstvolumeofPracticalDefensiveMagicanditsUseagainsttheDarkArts.Thenhethrewtherestofthenewspaperontotherubbishpileandturnedtofacetheroom.Itwasmuchtidier.

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