19 The Servant of Lord Voldemort

CHAPTER NINETEEN The Servant of Lord Voldemort Hermione screamed. Black leapt to his feet. Harry jumped as though he'd received a huge electric shock. 'I found this at the base of the Whomping Willow,' said Snape, throwing the Cloak aside, careful to keep his wand pointing directly at Lupin's chest. 'Very useful, Potter, I thank you…' Snape was slightly breathless, but his face was full of suppressed triumph. 'You're wondering, perhaps, how I knew you were here?' he said, his eyes glittering. 'I've just been to your office, Lupin. You forgot to take your Potion tonight, so I

第十九章伏地魔的仆人赫敏尖叫道。 布莱克跳了起来。哈利吓了一跳，好像受到了巨大的电击。 “我在打人柳的根部找到了这个。”斯内普说着把隐形衣扔到一边，小心翼翼地把魔杖对准卢平的胸膛。 “非常有用，波特，谢谢你……”斯内普有点喘不过气来，但他的脸上充满了压抑的胜利。 “你也许在想，我怎么知道你在这儿？”他说，眼睛闪闪发光。 “我刚去过你的办公室，卢平。 你今晚忘了带药水，所以我

took a gobletful along. And very lucky I did… lucky for me, I mean. Lying on your desk was a certain map. One glance at it told me all I needed to know. I saw you running along this passageway and out of sight.' 'Severus–' Lupin began, but Snape overrode him. 'I've told the Headmaster again and again that you've been helping your old friend Black into the castle, Lupin, and here's the proof. Not even I dreamed you would have the nerve to use this old place as your hideout–' 'Severus, you're making a mistake,' said Lupin urgently. 'You haven't heard everything–I can explain–Sirius is not here to kill Harry–' 'Two more for Azkaban tonight,' said Snape, his eyes now gleaming fanatically. 'I shall be interested to see how Dumbledore takes this… he was quite convinced you were harmless, you know, Lupin… a tame werewolf…' 'You fool,' said Lupin softly. 'Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?'

带了一大杯。我很幸运，我是说我很幸运。 你桌上放着一张地图。 我只看了一眼就知道了我需要知道的一切。 我看见你沿着这条走廊跑，然后就不见了。“西弗勒斯——”卢平刚要开口，但斯内普压倒了他。 “我一遍又一遍地告诉校长，你一直在帮助你的老朋友布莱克进入城堡，卢平，这就是证据。 “西弗勒斯，你犯了一个错误。”卢平急切地说。 “今晚阿兹卡班还有两个人要去。”斯内普说，他的眼睛现在狂热地闪烁着光芒。 “我很想看看邓布利多对此会作何反应……他很相信你是无害的，你知道，卢平……一只温顺的狼人……” “一个小学生的怨恨值得把一个无辜的人送回阿兹卡班吗？”

BANG! Thin, snake-like cords burst from the end of Snape's wand and twisted themselves around Lupin's mouth, wrists and ankles; he overbalanced and fell to the floor, unable to move. With a roar of rage, Black started towards Snape, but Snape pointed his wand straight between Black's eyes. 'Give me a reason,' he whispered. 'Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will.' Black stopped dead. It would have been impossible to say which face showed more hatred. Harry stood there, paralysed, not knowing what to do or who to believe. He glanced around at Ron and Hermione. Ron looked just as confused as he did, still fighting to keep hold of the struggling Scabbers. Hermione, however, took an uncertain step towards Snape and said, in a very breathless voice, 'Professor Snape–it–it wouldn't hurt to hear what they've got to say, w-would it?' 'Miss Granger, you are already facing suspension from this school,' Snape spat. 'You, Potter and Weasley are out of bounds, in the

砰!斯内普的魔杖末端迸出几根细长的蛇绳，缠绕在卢平的嘴巴、手腕和脚踝上；他失去平衡，摔倒在地，动弹不得。 布莱克怒吼一声，朝斯内普走去，但斯内普用魔杖直指布莱克的两眼之间。 “给我一个理由，”他低声说。 “给我一个这样做的理由，我发誓我会的。”布莱克突然停了下来。 很难说哪张脸上流露出更多的仇恨。 哈利呆呆地站在那里，不知道该怎么办，也不知道该相信谁。 他回头看了看罗恩和赫敏。 罗恩看上去和他一样困惑，仍然在奋力抓住挣扎的斑斑。 赫敏却迟疑地朝斯内普走了一步，用一种喘不过气来的声音说：“斯内普教授——听听他们要说的话，不会有什么坏处，是吗？”“格兰杰小姐，你已经面临休学的处罚了。”斯内普啐了一口。 “你、波特和韦斯莱出界了，在

company of a convicted murderer and a werewolf. For once in your life, hold your tongue.' 'But if–if there was a mistake–' 'KEEP QUIET, YOU STUPID GIRL!' Snape shouted, looking suddenly quite deranged. 'DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!' A few sparks shot out of the end of his wand, which was still pointing at Black's face. Hermione fell silent. 'Vengeance is very sweet,' Snape breathed at Black. 'How I hoped I would be the one to catch you…' 'The joke's on you again, Severus,' snarled Black. 'As long as this boy brings his rat up to the castle–' he jerked his head at Ron, '–I'll come quietly…' 'Up to the castle?' said Snape silkily. 'I don't think we need to go that far. All I have to do is call the Dementors once we get out of the Willow. ikcjeo. They'll be very pleased to see you, Black… pleased enough to give you a little kiss, I daresay…'

一个杀人犯和一个狼人 这辈子就这一次，闭上你的嘴。“可是如果——如果出了差错——”“闭嘴，你这个笨姑娘！”斯内普喊道，突然显得很疯狂。 “不要说你不懂的东西！”他的魔杖末端喷出了几颗火星，魔杖仍然指着布莱克的脸。 赫敏沉默了。“复仇是很甜蜜的。”斯内普对布莱克喘着气说。 “又开你的玩笑了，西弗勒斯。”布莱克咆哮道。 “只要这个男孩把他的老鼠带到城堡里来——”他朝罗恩猛地一摇头，“我就悄悄地来……”斯内普圆滑地说。 “我认为我们不需要走那么远。 我所要做的就是等我们出了柳树，就叫摄魂怪来。 “他们见到你会很高兴的，布莱克……我敢说，他们会高兴得给你一个小小的吻……”

What little colour there was in Black's face left it. 'You–you've got to hear me out,' he croaked. 'The rat–look at the rat–' But there was a mad glint in Snape's eye that Harry had never seen before. He seemed beyond reason. 'Come on, all of you,' he said. He clicked his fingers, and the ends of the cords that bound Lupin flew to his hands. 'I'll drag the werewolf. Perhaps the Dementors will have a kiss for him, too–' Before he knew what he was doing, Harry had crossed the room in three strides, and blocked the door. 'Get out of the way, Potter, you're in enough trouble already,' snarled Snape. 'If I hadn't been here to save your skin–' 'Professor Lupin could have killed me about a hundred times this year,' Harry said. 'I've been alone with him loads of times, having defence lessons against the Dementors. If he was helping Black, why didn't he just finish me off then?'

布莱克脸上仅有的一点血色也消失了。 “你——你得听我把话说完。” “那只老鼠——看看那只老鼠——”但是斯内普的眼睛里有一种疯狂的光芒，哈利以前从来没有见过。 他似乎失去了理智。“来吧，你们大家，”他说。 他咔哒一声手指，绑着卢平的绳子的末端飞到了他的手上。 “我来拖狼人。也许摄魂怪也会给他一个吻——”哈利还没来得及反应过来，就三步跨过房间，堵住了门。 “让开，波特，你的麻烦已经够多了。”斯内普咆哮道。 “要不是我在这儿救了你的命——”“卢平教授今年可能会杀死我一百次左右。”哈利说。 “我和他单独在一起好多次，上防御摄魂怪的课。 如果他是在帮助布莱克，那他为什么不直接把我干掉呢？”

'Don't ask me to fathom the way a werewolf's mind works,' hissed Snape. 'Get out of the way, Potter.' 'YOU'RE PATHETIC!' Harry yelled. 'JUST BECAUSE THEY MADE A FOOL OF YOU AT SCHOOL YOU WON'T EVEN LISTEN–' 'SILENCE! I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT!' Snape shrieked, looking madder than ever. 'Like father, like son, Potter! I have just saved your neck, you should be thanking me on bended knee! You would have been well served if he'd killed you! You'd have died like your father, too arrogant to believe you might be mistaken in Black–now get out of the way, or I will make you. GET OUT OF THE WAY, POTTER!' Harry made up his mind in a split second. Before Snape could take even one step towards him, he had raised his wand. 'Expelliarmus!' he yelled–except that his wasn't the only voice that shouted. There was a blast that made the door rattle on its hinges; Snape was lifted off his feet and slammed into the wall, then slid down it to the floor, a trickle of blood

“别让我去揣摩狼人的思想。”斯内普嘶嘶地说。 “让开，波特。“你真可怜！”哈利喊道。 “就因为他们在学校捉弄了你，你连听都不听——”我不允许别人那样对我说话！”斯内普尖叫起来，看上去比刚才更生气了。 “有其父必有其子，波特！”我刚救了你的命，你应该跪着感谢我！他要是杀了你，你就活该了！你会像你父亲一样死去的，太傲慢了，不相信你在布莱克身上可能是错的——现在让开，不然我就揍你。 让开，波特！”哈利刹那间下定了决心。 斯内普还没来得及向他走近一步，他就举起了魔杖。 “炒!他喊道——不过他的声音并不是唯一的。 一声巨响震得门在铰链上格格作响；斯内普被抬起来，重重地撞在墙上，然后从墙上滑到地板上，血流如注