Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (комплект из 7 книг)

At Sirius’s words, however, the crushing sense of dread returned to him.

in the excitement of being back with the people he liked best, of hearing everything that was going on, it had completely flown his mind.

Harry felt as though his stomach had sunk through the dusty carpet.

Harry tried his best not to think about the hearing <…>. Fortunately for him, it was a job that required a lot of concentration,

“Hurry up, you two, or there won’t be any food left,”

“It’s ideal for headquarters, of course,” Sirius said. “My father put every security measure known to Wizard-kind on it when he lived here. It’s Unplottable, so Muggles could never come and call — as if they’d have wanted to — and now Dumbledore’s added his protection, you’d be hard put to find a safer house anywhere.

Sirius gave a short, barklike laugh.

don’t apologize,” Sirius mumbled at once. He turned away from the tapestry, his hands deep in his pockets. “I don’t like being back here,” he said, staring across the drawing room. “I never thought I’d be stuck in this house again.”

“You never said she was your —”
<…>
D’you think I’m proud of having relatives like her?”
“Sorry,” said Harry quickly, “I didn’t mean — I was just surprised, that’s all —”

The name had stirred something in his memory; he knew it from somewhere, but for a moment he couldn’t think where, though it gave him an odd, creeping sensation in the pit of his stomach.