6 Gilderoy Lockhart

CHAPTER SIX GILDEROY LOCKHART The next day, however, Harry barely grinned once. Things started to go downhill from breakfast in the Great Hall. The four long House tables were laden with tureens of porridge, plates

第六章吉德罗·洛哈特第二天，哈利几乎没有笑过一次。 从大礼堂的早餐开始，事情就开始走下坡路了。 学院的四张长桌子上摆满了盛粥的碗和盘子

of kippers, mountains of toast, and dishes of eggs and bacon, beneath the enchanted ceiling (today, a dull, cloudy gray). Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione, who had her copy of Voyages with Vampires propped open against a milk jug. There was a slight stiffness in the way she said "Morning," which told Harry that she was still disapproving of the way they had arrived. Neville Longbottom, on the other hand, greeted them cheerfully. Neville was a round- faced and accident-prone boy with the worst memory of anyone Harry had ever met. "Mail's due any minute I think Gran's sending a few things I forgot." Harry had only just started his porridge when, sure enough, there was a rushing sound overhead and a hundred or so owls streamed in, circling the hall and dropping letters and packages into the chattering crowd. A big, lumpy package bounced off Neville's head and, a second later, something

在迷人的天花板下（今天是阴沉的、多云的灰色），有鲱鱼、成堆的烤面包和一盘盘的鸡蛋和培根。 哈利和罗恩在格兰芬多的桌子旁坐下，旁边是赫敏，她的那本《与吸血鬼一起航行》摊开在一个牛奶壶上。 她说“早上好”的时候有点生硬，这告诉哈利，她仍然不赞成他们来的方式。 另一方面，纳威隆巴顿兴高采烈地迎接他们。 纳威是一个圆脸、容易出事故的男孩，是哈利所见过的记性最差的男孩。 “邮件马上就要到了，我想奶奶会把我忘带的一些东西寄来。” 哈利刚开始喝粥，果然，头顶上传来一阵奔忙的声音，一百多只猫头鹰蜂拥而来，在大厅里盘旋，把信件和包裹扔进叽叽喳喳的人群中。 一个又大又硬的包裹从纳威的头上弹了下来，一秒钟后，什么东西也弹了出来

large and gray fell into Hermione's jug, spraying them all with milk and feathers. "Errol!" said Ron, pulling the bedraggled owl out by the feet. Errol slumped, unconscious, onto the table, his legs in the air and a damp red envelope in his beak. "Oh, no—" Ron gasped. "It's all right, he's still alive," said Hermione, prodding Errol gently with the tip of her finger. "It's not that it's that." Ron was pointing at the red envelope. It looked quite ordinary to Harry, but Ron and Neville were both looking at it as though they expected it to explode. "What's the matter?" said Harry. "She's she's sent me a Howler," said Ron faintly. "You'd better open it, Ron," said Neville in a timid whisper. "It'll be worse if you don't. My

又大又灰的掉进了赫敏的罐子里，牛奶和羽毛溅到了他们身上。 “埃罗尔！”罗恩说，一把抓住那只浑身湿透的猫头鹰的脚，把它拖了出来。 埃罗尔瘫倒在桌子上，失去了知觉，双腿悬在空中，嘴里叼着一个潮湿的红包。 “哦，不——”罗恩喘着气说。“没关系，他还活着。”赫敏说着，用指尖轻轻捅了捅埃罗尔。 “不是那样，而是那样。” 罗恩指着那个红包。 哈利觉得它很普通，但罗恩和纳威都看着它，好像以为它会爆炸似的。 “怎么啦？”哈利问。 “她……她给我寄了一封吼叫信。”罗恩有气无力地说。 “你最好打开它，罗恩。”纳威胆怯地小声说。 “如果你不这样做，情况会更糟。 我的

gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and" he gulped "it was horrible." Harry looked from their petrified faces to the red envelope. "What's a Howler?" he said. But Ron's whole attention was fixed on the letter, which had begun to smoke at the corners. "Open it," Neville urged. "It'll all be over in a few minutes—" Ron stretched out a shaking hand, eased the envelope from Errol's beak, and slit it open. Neville stuffed his fingers in his ears. A split second later, Harry knew why. He thought for a moment it had exploded; a roar of sound filled the huge hall, shaking dust from the ceiling. "—STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY'D EXPELLED YOU, YOU WAIT TILL I GET HOLD OF YOU, I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU STOPPED

奶奶曾经给我寄过一张，我没有理会，”他咽了口气，“太可怕了。” 哈利看看他们目瞪口呆的脸，又看看红包。 “什么是吼叫信？”他问。 但罗恩的全部注意力都集中在那封信上，信的四角开始冒烟了。 “打开它。”纳威催促道。“再过几分钟就结束了——”罗恩伸出一只颤抖的手，把信封从埃罗尔嘴里拿开，撕开了。 纳威用手指堵住了耳朵。 一刹那间，哈利明白了原因。 有一会儿，他以为它爆炸了；巨大的大厅里充满了轰鸣声，天花板上的灰尘都被震落了。 “——偷那辆车，如果他们把你开除，我也不会感到奇怪，你等着我抓住你吧，我想你没有停下来吧。

TO THINK WHAT YOUR FATHER AND I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE SAW IT WAS GONE—" Mrs. Weasley's yells, a hundred times louder than usual, made the plates and spoons rattle on the table, and echoed deafeningly off the stone walls. People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had received the Howler, and Ron sank so low in his chair that only his crimson forehead could be seen. "—LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT YOUR FATHER WOULD DIE OF SHAME, WE DIDN'T BRING YOU UP TO BEHAVE LIKE THIS, YOU AND HARRY COULD BOTH HAVE DIED—" Harry had been wondering when his name was going to crop up. He tried very hard to look as though he couldn't hear the voice that was making his eardrums throb. "—ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED — YOUR FATHER'S FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK,

想想看，你爸爸和我看见它不见了，都经历了什么——”韦斯莱夫人的喊声比平时响了一百倍，震得桌上的盘子和勺子格格作响，在石墙上回响得震耳欲聋。 整个大厅的人都转过头来，看是谁收到了那封吼叫信，罗恩瘫在椅子里，只看见他那鲜红的额头。 “——邓布利多昨晚的信，我以为你父亲会羞愧而死，我们没有把你养大，让你这样做，你和哈利可能都死了——”哈利一直在想他的名字什么时候会突然出现。 他竭力装出一副听不见那个使他鼓膜悸动的声音的样子。 “——非常恶心——你父亲正面临工作上的调查，

IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT AND IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT BACK HOME." A ringing silence fell. The red envelope, which had dropped from Ron's hand, burst into flames and curled into ashes. Harry and Ron sat stunned, as though a tidal wave had just passed over them. A few people laughed and, gradually, a babble of talk broke out again. Hermione closed Voyages with Vampires and looked down at the top of Ron's head. "Well, I don't know what you expected, Ron, but you—" "Don't tell me I deserved it," snapped Ron. Harry pushed his porridge away. His insides were burning with guilt. Mr. Weasley was facing an inquiry at work. After all Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had done for him over the summer But he had no time to dwell on this; Professor McGonagall was moving along the Gryffindor

这完全是你的错，如果你再出格，我们就把你直接带回家。” 一阵清脆的寂静降临了。从罗恩手里掉下来的红包突然燃烧起来，卷曲成灰烬。 哈利和罗恩呆呆地坐着，好像一场海啸刚刚从他们身上掠过。 有几个人笑了，渐渐地，又爆发出一阵嘁嘁喳喳的谈话。 赫敏合上《与吸血鬼同行》，低头看着罗恩的头顶。 “好吧，我不知道你在期待什么，罗恩，但是你——”“别跟我说我活该。”罗恩厉声说。 哈利推开他的粥。 他的内心充满了负罪感。 韦斯莱先生正在工作中接受调查。 韦斯莱夫妇在整个夏天为他做了那么多。可是他没有时间细想这件事。麦格教授沿着格兰芬多走去