"J. K. Rowling - 06 Harry Potter and The half blood Prince" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rowling J. K)

'Excuse me!' barked the Prime Minister, now positively
stamping up and down. Trees uprooted, roofs ripped off,
lampposts bent, horrible injuries '

'It was the Death Eaters,' said Fudge. 'He Who Must Not Be
Named's followers. And ... and we suspect giant involvement.'

The Prime Minister stopped in his tracks as though he had
hit an invisible wall.

'What involvement?'

Fudge grimaced. 'He used giants last time, when he wanted
to go for the grand effect. The Office of Misinformation has
been working round the clock, we've had teams of Obliviators
out trying to modify the memories of all the Muggles who

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saw what really happened, we've got most of the Department
for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures running
around Somerset, but we can't find the giant -it's
been a
disaster.'

'You don't say!' said the Prime Minister furiously.

'I won't deny that morale is pretty low at the Ministry,' said
Fudge. 'What with all that, and then losing Amelia Bones.'

'Losing who?'

'Amelia Bones. Head of the Department of Magical Law
Enforcement. We think He Who Must Not Be Named may
have murdered her in person, because she was a very gifted
witch and -and
all the evidence was that she put up a real

fight;

Fudge cleared his throat and, with an effort, it seemed,
stopped spinning his bowler hat.

'But that murder was in the newspapers,' said the Prime
Minister, momentarily diverted from his anger. 'Our newspapers.
Amelia Bones ... it just said she was a middle-aged