18 Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs It took a few seconds for the absurdity of this statement to sink in. Then Ron voiced what Harry was thinking. 'You're both mental.' 'Ridiculous!' said Hermione faintly. 'Peter Pettigrew's dead!' said Harry. 'He killed him twelve years ago!' He pointed at Black, whose face twitched convulsively. 'I meant to,' he growled, his yellow teeth bared, 'but little Peter got the better of me… not this

第十八章月亮脸、虫尾巴、大脚板和尖头叉子过了几秒钟才明白这句话的荒谬。 然后罗恩说出了哈利的想法。 “你们俩都疯了。“荒谬!赫敏有气无力地说。 “小矮星彼得死了！”哈利问。 “十二年前他杀了他！”他指着布莱克，布莱克的脸抽搐着。 “我是故意的，”他咆哮着，露出黄牙，“可是小彼得占了我的便宜……不是这个。

time, though!' And Crookshanks was thrown to the floor as Black lunged at Scabbers; Ron yelled with pain as Black's weight fell on his broken leg. 'Sirius, NO!' Lupin yelled, launching himself forwards and dragging Black away from Ron again, 'WAIT! You can't do it just like that–they need to understand–we've got to explain–' 'We can explain afterwards!' snarled Black, trying to throw Lupin off, one hand still clawing the air as it tried to reach Scabbers, who was squealing like a piglet, scratching Ron's face and neck as he tried to escape. 'They've–got–a–right–to–know–everything!' Lupin panted, still trying to restrain Black. 'Ron's kept him as a pet! There are parts of it even I don't understand! And Harry–you owe Harry the truth, Sirius!' Black stopped struggling, though his hollowed eyes were still fixed on Scabbers, who was clamped tightly under Ron's bitten, scratched and bleeding hands.

时间,尽管!”布莱克扑向斑斑，克鲁克山被摔在地上；当布莱克的体重压在罗恩的断腿上时，罗恩痛得大叫起来。 “小天狼星,没有!”卢平大叫一声，冲上前去，又把布莱克从罗恩身边拖开，“等等！你不能这样做——他们需要理解——我们必须解释——”“我们可以事后解释！布莱克咆哮道，想把卢平甩开，一只手还在空中抓着，想去抓斑斑。斑斑像小猪一样尖叫着，抓着罗恩的脸和脖子想逃跑。 “他们've-got-a-right-to-know-everything !”卢平喘着气说，仍然试图阻止布莱克。 “罗恩把它当宠物养了！”有些地方连我都看不懂！还有哈利——你应该把真相告诉哈利，小天狼星！”布莱克停止了挣扎，但他那双凹陷的眼睛仍然盯着斑斑，斑斑被罗恩咬伤、抓伤、流血的双手紧紧夹着。

'All right, then,' Black said, without taking his eyes off the rat. 'Tell them whatever you like. But make it quick, Remus. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for…' 'You're nutters, both of you,' said Ron shakily, looking round at Harry and Hermione for support. 'I've had enough of this. I'm off.' He tried to heave himself up on his good leg, but Lupin raised his wand again, pointing it at Scabbers. 'You're going to hear me out, Ron,' he said quietly. 'Just keep a tight hold on Peter while you listen.' 'HE'S NOT PETER, HE'S SCABBERS!' Ron yelled, trying to force the rat back into his front pocket, but Scabbers was fighting too hard; Ron swayed and overbalanced, and Harry caught him and pushed him back down to the bed. Then, ignoring Black, Harry turned to Lupin. 'There were witnesses who saw Pettigrew die,' he said. 'A whole street full of them…' 'They didn't see what they thought they saw!' said Black savagely, still watching Scabbers

“那好吧，”布莱克说，眼睛一直盯着那只老鼠。 “你爱怎么说就怎么说。 快点，莱姆斯。“你们两个都是疯子，”罗恩颤抖地说，扭头望着哈利和赫敏，寻求支持。 “我受够了。我要离开。”他试图用那条好腿站起来，但是卢平又举起魔杖，指着斑斑。 “你听我把话说完，罗恩。”他平静地说。 “你听的时候抓紧彼得。“他不是彼得，他是斑斑！”罗恩喊道，想把老鼠硬塞进他前面的口袋里，但是斑斑反抗得太厉害了；罗恩摇摇晃晃，失去了平衡，哈利抓住了他，把他推回到床上。 然后，哈利不理睬布莱克，转向卢平。 “有目击者看到小矮星彼得死了，”他说。 “他们没有看到他们以为看到的东西！”布莱克凶狠地说，仍然望着斑斑

struggling in Ron's hands. 'Everyone thought Sirius killed Peter,' said Lupin, nodding. 'I believed it myself–until I saw the map tonight. Because the Marauder's Map never lies… Peter's alive. Ron's holding him, Harry.' Harry looked down at Ron, and as their eyes met they agreed, silently: Black and Lupin were both out of their minds. Their story made no sense whatsoever. How could Scabbers be Peter Pettigrew? Azkaban must have unhinged Black after all–but why was Lupin playing along with him? Then Hermione spoke, in a trembling, would-be calm sort of voice, as though trying to will Professor Lupin to talk sensibly. ikcjeo. 'But Professor Lupin… Scabbers can't be Pettigrew… it just can't be true, you know it can't…' 'Why can't it be true?' Lupin said calmly, as though they were in class, and Hermione had simply spotted a problem in an experiment with Grindylows.

在罗恩手里挣扎。 “大家都以为小天狼星杀了彼得。”卢平点了点头说。 “我自己也相信——直到今晚我看到地图。 因为活点地图从不说谎……彼得还活着。 罗恩抱着他，哈利。”哈利低头看着罗恩，他们的目光相遇时，他们默默地达成了一致：布莱克和卢平都疯了。 他们的故事毫无意义。 斑斑怎么会是小矮星彼得呢？ 阿兹卡班肯定是把布莱克弄得精神错乱了——可是卢平为什么要和他在一起呢？ 然后赫敏说话了，她的声音颤抖着，想让自己平静下来，好像想让卢平教授理智地说话。 “可是卢平教授……斑斑不可能是小矮星彼得……这不可能是真的，你知道这不可能……”卢平平静地说，好像他们是在课堂上，赫敏只是发现了格林迪洛实验中的一个问题。

'Because… because people would know if Peter Pettigrew had been an Animagus. We did Animagi in class with Professor McGonagall. And I looked them up when I did my homework–the Ministry keeps tabs on witches and wizards who can become animals; there's a register showing what animal they become, and their markings and things… and I went and looked Professor McGonagall up on the register, and there have only been seven Animagi this century, and Pettigrew's name wasn't on the list–' Harry barely had time to marvel inwardly at the effort Hermione put into her homework, when Lupin started to laugh. 'Right again, Hermione!' he said. 'But the Ministry never knew that there used to be three unregistered Animagi running around Hogwarts.' 'If you're going to tell them the story, get a move on, Remus,' snarled Black, who was still watching Scabbers's every desperate move. 'I've waited twelve years, I'm not going to wait much longer.'

“因为……因为人们会知道小矮星彼得是不是阿尼马格斯。 我们在麦格教授的课上画过阿尼马吉。 我做作业的时候查了一下——魔法部密切关注那些能变成动物的巫师；有一份登记簿，上面写着它们变成了什么动物，还有它们的标记和其他的东西……我去查了麦格教授的登记簿，本世纪只有七个阿尼马格斯，小矮星彼得的名字不在登记簿上——”哈利还没来得及暗自惊叹赫敏在功课上付出的努力，卢平就笑了起来。 “又对了，赫敏！”他说。 “但是魔法部从来不知道霍格沃茨曾经有三个没有注册的阿尼马吉。“如果你要把这个故事告诉他们，那就快点吧，莱姆斯。”布莱克咆哮道，他仍然在注视着斑斑绝望的一举一动。 “我已经等了十二年了，我不会再等太久了。”

'All right… but you'll need to help me, Sirius,' said Lupin, 'I only know how it began…' Lupin broke off. There had been a loud creak behind him. The bedroom door had opened of its own accord. All five of them stared at it. Then Lupin strode towards it and looked out into the landing. 'No one there…' 'This place is haunted!' said Ron. 'It's not,' said Lupin, still looking at the door in a puzzled way. 'The Shrieking Shack was never haunted… the screams and howls the villagers used to hear were made by me.' He pushed his greying hair out of his eyes, thought for a moment, then said, 'That's where all of this starts–with my becoming a werewolf. None of this could have happened if I hadn't been bitten… and if I hadn't been so foolhardy…' He looked sober and tired. Ron started to interrupt, but Hermione said, 'Shh!' She was watching Lupin very intently.

“好吧……但是你需要帮助我，小天狼星，”卢平说，“我只知道事情是怎么开始的……” 他身后传来一声响亮的嘎吱声。 卧室的门已经自动打开了。 他们五个人都盯着它看。 卢平朝它大步走去，朝楼梯平台望去。 “这地方闹鬼！”罗恩说。 “不是。”卢平说，仍然迷惑不解地看着那扇门。 “尖叫棚屋从来没有闹鬼……村民们过去经常听到的尖叫声和嚎叫都是我发出的。”他拨开遮住眼睛的灰白头发，想了一会儿，然后说：“这一切都是从这里开始的——我变成狼人。 如果我没有被咬，如果我不那么鲁莽，这一切都不会发生的……” 罗恩想插嘴，但赫敏说：“嘘！”她聚精会神地看着卢平。