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

woman who lived alone. It was a -a
nasty killing, wasn't it?
It's had rather a lot of publicity. The police are baffled, you
see.'

Fudge sighed. 'Well, of course they are. Killed in a room
that was locked from the inside, wasn't she? We, on the other
hand, know exactly who did it, not that that gets us any further
towards catching him. And then there was Emmeline
Vance, maybe you didn't hear about that one '

'Oh yes I did!' said the Prime Minister. 'It happened just
round the corner from here, as a matter of fact. The papers
had a field day with it: Breakdown of law and order in the
Prime Minister's back yard
'And
as if all that wasn't enough,' said Fudge, barely listening
to the Prime Minister, 'we've got Dementors swarming all
over the place, attacking people left right and centre ...'

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Once upon a happier time this sentence would have
been unintelligible to the Prime Minister, but he was wiser
now.

'I thought Dementors guard the prisoners in Azkaban?' he
said cautiously.

They did,' said Fudge wearily. 'But not any more. They've
deserted the prison and joined He Who Must Not Be Named.
I won't pretend that wasn't a blow.'

'But,' said the Prime Minister, with a sense of dawning
horror, 'didn't you tell me they're the creatures that drain
hope and happiness out of people?'

That's right. And they're breeding. That's what's causing all
this mist.'

The Prime Minister sank, weak-kneed, into the nearest
chair. The idea of invisible creatures swooping through the
towns and countryside, spreading despair and hopelessness in
his voters, made him feel quite faint.

'Now see here, Fudge -you've
got to do something! It's
your responsibility as Minister for Magic!'