Гарри Поттер и философский камень
The Keeper of the Keys
PointingthisatUncleVernonlikeasword,hesaid, "I’mwarningyou,Dursley—I’mwarningyou—onemoreword..."
Indangerofbeingspearedontheendofanumbrellabyabeardedgiant,UncleVernon’scouragefailedagain; heflattenedhimselfagainstthewallandfellsilent.
"That’sbetter,"saidHagrid,breathingheavilyandsittingbackdownonthesofa,whichthistimesaggedrightdowntothefloor.
Harry,meanwhile,stillhadquestionstoask,hundredsofthem.
"ButwhathappenedtoVol-,sorry—Imean,You-Know-Who?"
"Goodquestion,Harry. Disappeared. Vanished. Samenighthetriedterkillyou. Makesyehevenmorefamous. That’sthebiggestmyst’ry,see...hewasgettin’morean’morepowerful—why’dhego?
"Somesayhedied. Codswallop,inmyopinion. Dunnoifhehadenoughhumanleftinhimtodie. Somesayhe’sstilloutthere,bidin’histime,like,butIdon’believeit. Peoplewhowasonhissidecamebackterours. Someof’emcameouttakindatrances. Don’reckontheycould’vedoneifhewascomin’back.
"Mostofusreckonhe’sstillouttheresomewherebutlosthispowers. Tooweaktocarryon. ’Causesomethin’aboutyoufinishedhim,Harry. Therewassomethin’goin’onthatnighthehadn’tcountedon—Idunnowhatitwas,noonedoes—butsomethin’aboutyoustumpedhim,allright."
