正文预览

第2章 牛魔王抛出诱饵

“Tut! Nonsense, sir!—And my dear Charles,” said Mr. Lorry,

“There you are,” he drawled, looking at them. “Have you two been pigging out in the Great Hall all this time? I've been looking for you; I want to show you something really funny.”

“Who’s there? Is it Potter? Are you Harry Potter?”

“Where have you been?” said a bossy, disapproving voice. “The task's about to start!”

“We should've known!” Ron roared, pounding the table. “Who else would have assigned us a biting book?”

“Well then, I dunno,” said Ron.

“What,” cried the young lady, “can be the end of this poor

“Well, Father feels he's got to make up for his mistake at the match, doesn't he?” said Percy. “If truth be told, he was a tad unwise to make a public statement without clearing it with his Head of Department first -”

“What would the Death Eaters want with a poor broken-down old buffer like me?” demanded Slughorn.