Harry Potter’s Morning Light

Chapter 3189 The Giant Whale and the Elephant (13)

Fleur Delacour has been working with the Beauxbatons girls.

They also have to go to class, but how can I put it, there seems to be an invisible wall between Fleur and other students. The same is true for other Beauxbatons students at first. Later, they gradually became familiar with other students and established friendships. Fleur, on the other hand, was always with her sister, even though her sister wasn't supposed to be in her grade class.

 Mrs. Maxime was too partial to Fleur, almost to the point of connivance. But the most important thing is Fleur herself. She seems to be completely unable to hear the outside world. Of course Fleur doesn't know the "dating list" of the girls, and she doesn't ask about it. She chooses her dance partners completely according to the standards she set herself.

 Several boys had volunteered to invite her before Cedric...

It's really a ghost, Cedric actually plans to invite Fleur! He came to the greenhouse to seek Pomona's opinion on whether the contestants of the Triwizard Tournament could invite each other to become dance partners.

 “Of course not,” Pomona said with a smile.

 “Why not?” Cedric asked, seeming reluctant to leave.

 “Because you are competitors.” She said in a sweet voice.

"I do not understand…"

“If you have a relationship, it affects the fairness of the game,” Pomona said.

"No, I just want to invite her to the ball." Cedric said quickly.

“That’s not possible, how about finding a Hogwarts girl, Qiu Zhang?” Pomona glanced at Neville who was gathering lavender not far away and said.

 “Cho Chang? Why her?” Cedric asked.

Because Harry Potter has a secret love for her, and as long as Potter's life is difficult, Slytherin's old bat will be happy, and then he will not let Neville continue to dissect the horned animal that looks very similar to his pet Rifle Toad.

 She said in her heart.

"If it's a competitive relationship, Qiu Zhang and I are both seekers." Cedric said, "Wouldn't this affect the fairness of the game?"

Of course she couldn't say how school-level competitions could be compared with international competitions, because that wasn't what Cedric was struggling with right now.

Fleur makes all the boys in school crazy about her, even though she is just a half-Veela.

"You can invite her, but you won't get support from me." Pomona said calmly. "I hope you can talk to me with a clear mind."

Cedric was a little dissatisfied, but did not get up and leave.

"Miss Delacour will eventually leave England. This is just a game for her." Pomona said helplessly, "What do you want to get? Cedric."

Cedric frowned. His expression reminded her of "The Sorrows of Young Werther", except that his troubles were different from Werther's. He did not fall in love with a woman who was engaged.

"You are great, Cedric. You can choose the girl you date, instead of letting the girl choose you." Pomona put the game theory on the desk. "A Muggle once gave an example. If everyone Go and ask out the most beautiful girls, and when they want to ask out the beautiful girl’s friends again, they won’t say yes, so the wisest thing to do is.”

“Invite friends of the prettiest girls so everyone can have a wonderful night, I know.” Cedric stood up. “I see what you mean.”

Cedric left, even though he didn't like the consultation.

 She then looked at Neville, who was peeking over.

 “Come here.” Pomona waved to him, and Neville quickly ran over.

 “What do you want to do?” Pomona asked.

 “Can you teach me how to dance, Professor?” said Neville, his eyes shining.

 “You have a partner?” Pomona asked.

“No, but I don’t want to learn to dance with a partner, so I’m prepared, right?”

 She always felt like something was wrong.

“I remember Professor McGonagall teaching you how to dance,” said Pomona.

"She's too busy." Neville lowered his head and said timidly, "And I want you to teach me."

Pomona does know how to dance. An old man with a white beard taught her how to dance.

"Okay, never mind." Pomona stood up and said helplessly, "I'll teach you."

So she and Neville danced in the greenhouse. Although she felt that whether it was an old woman or a fat woman, it would not be a pleasant experience for young Neville. Young people should still dance with young people. Dancing together.

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In addition to being the son of the tyrant of Milan, Beatrice also had a daughter, whom she had with her ex-husband Nino. After Nino's death, mother and daughter were exiled, and all their property was confiscated.

She followed her mother to Ferrara and Milan, and married a Milanese nobleman at the age of 14. Unfortunately, he died young, and she remained a widow until she was 32 years old and had to move to Florence. The tyrants of Milan did not take much care of this half-sister, so she lived in poverty.

 After arriving in Florence, she received a relief fund from Florence to commemorate her father until her death.

Judge Nino's full name is Uglino di Giovanni Visconti. He was exiled when he was young due to conflicts with his grandfather. Later he returned to Pisa and jointly managed Pisa with his grandfather, but there were constant frictions between the two parties. He was exiled again.

 During this period he came to Florence, met Dante, and also served as the tax collector of Florence.

He eventually died in Sardinia and never reconciled with Pisa throughout his life, even though his grandfather was imprisoned and ruled by the Archbishop of Pisa.

Dante let Nino's grandfather stay in hell, but placed Nino in purgatory. When Dante saw him in purgatory, he was very happy.

 Compared to hell, there is actually hope in purgatory.

How long can a woman’s love last? Once out of sight or contact, the fire is extinguished.

Dante here uses a tactful way to advise Nino to forget about the remarried woman. As long as he gives up the improper love, the door guarded by Saint Peter will open.

 Those inside shouted, Hail Mary.

Raphael's Madonnas are always young and beautiful, and the Son is also in the shape of a baby, looking like an ordinary mother holding her child on a street corner.

With the rise of banking and textile industries, Italy began to prosper, and of course the gold and silver brought from the New World were indispensable.

As the name suggests, banks store gold and silver, but if there is no gold and silver, what do they store?

However, it would take until after 1530 for the large amount of silver from the New World to flow into Europe. At the turn of every century, doomsday prophecies would be spread everywhere, and the year 1500 was no exception.

 The deaths of Lorenzo Medici in 1492 and Innocent III three months later were the main forces behind peace in the Italian peninsula, followed by Spanish and Portuguese expulsions that spread to neighboring countries and then further afield.

Worry about the end of the world and war made the 20-year-old Savonaro's missionary work in Florence go smoothly. He wrote a poem called "On the Ruins of the World", lamenting that human nature "has been knocked down by bad habits and can never stand up again." ".

His parents wanted him to stay in Ferrara, but the young man went to Florence to realize his dream.

He lit a fire in Florence and burned all "vanity". In his sermon, he said that he could predict the future and predicted that the city's crimes would soon incur God's punishment, which soon came true. , the French came to Florence in 1494.

But the French did not destroy the city or loot it, but this incident made more people believe in the preacher. 15,000 people listened to his sermons in the square, which aroused the vigilance of the Holy See.

 The pope at the time was Alexander VI, who summoned Savonarola to Rome to "discuss his divine prophecies."

Savonaro was suspicious of the Borgia pope and did not go, thus starting a contest between the little preacher and the Holy See.

 Three years later, the Pope excommunicated Savonarola, and the Franciscans challenged the Dominicans to a fight with fire.

  In other words, this is a divine judgment. If the fire is extinguished, Francis will win, proving that Savonarola is a false prophet.

 Sudden heavy rain prevented this duel. Fire cannot be ignited in heavy rain, but there can be another explanation.

Angry men stormed the church and threw Savonarola into prison, where he was soon declared a heretic and hanged along with two assistants in the public square where the fire had been lit.

In 1527, when a Cambridge scholar gave a sermon in which he denounced the fanatical worship of images of Mary and saints, saying that the images were nothing more than wood and stone, he was twice pulled from the pulpit by angry crowds and brought before the Archbishop of London.

The Rialto Bridge in Venice was originally made of wood. It was later built as a stone bridge because too many spectators were trampled while watching the wedding of the Duke of Ferrara.

This bridge encountered many difficulties during the construction process. It is said that the Doge of Venice told the designer at the time that you must repair it even if you sell your soul to the devil.

 In Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables", there was a bronze elephant in the Bastille, but it was never built. It was described as having a sad and sickly face, enclosed in a fence of rotten wood, and might collapse at any time.

 In The Elephant, there is a street boy who is loved by everyone. He and thousands of mice make the elephant's body their home.

Harry dragged his suitcase and left the Dursleys' home in the third grade. Although he did not live in the belly of an elephant like a street child, he still met "Rat" that year.

 “What does a person think?”

Looking at the man who had just talked so eloquently, she felt that it was unreal. Of course, it was all a dream.

"I'm thinking…"

“Shh.” He put his hand on her lips, and then looked at her sculpture, which was surrounded by three layers of people, as if it were some kind of masterpiece.

"let's go."

 He took her hand and left the hall without disturbing anyone.

 (End of this chapter)