20 The Dementor’s Kiss

CHAPTER TWENTY The Dementors' Kiss Harry had never been part of a stranger group. Crookshanks led the way down the stairs; Lupin, Pettigrew and Ron went next, looking like contestants in a six-legged race. Next came Professor Snape, drifting creepily along, his toes hitting each stair as they descended, held up by his own wand, which was being pointed at him by Sirius. Harry and Hermione brought up the rear. Getting back into the tunnel was difficult. Lupin, Pettigrew and Ron had to turn sideways to manage it; Lupin still had Pettigrew covered with his wand. Harry could see them edging awkwardly along the tunnel in single file. Crookshanks was still in the lead. Harry went right after Sirius, who

第二十章摄魂怪的吻哈利从来没有加入过一个陌生的团体。 克鲁克山带头走下楼梯。卢平、小矮星彼得和罗恩紧随其后，看上去就像参加六条腿赛跑的选手。 接着是斯内普教授，他摇摇晃晃地走着，下楼梯的时候，他的脚趾顶着楼梯，小天狼星正用他自己的魔杖指着他。 哈利和赫敏排在最后。 回到隧道里很困难。 卢平、小矮星彼得和罗恩不得不侧过身去对付它。卢平仍然用魔杖罩着小矮星彼得。 哈利可以看见他们排成一行，笨拙地沿着隧道慢慢移动。 克鲁克山仍然领先。 哈利紧跟着小天狼星，小天狼星

was still making Snape drift along ahead of them; he kept bumping his lolling head on the low ceiling. Harry had the impression Sirius was making no effort to prevent this. 'You know what this means?' Sirius said abruptly to Harry, as they made their slow progress along the tunnel. 'Turning Pettigrew in?' 'You're free,' said Harry. 'Yes…' said Sirius. 'But I'm also–I don't know if anyone ever told you–I'm your godfather.' 'Yeah, I knew that,' said Harry. 'Well… your parents appointed me your guardian,' said Sirius stiffly. 'If anything happened to them…' Harry waited. Did Sirius mean what he thought he meant? 'I'll understand, of course, if you want to stay with your aunt and uncle,' said Sirius. 'But… well… think about it. Once my name's cleared… if you wanted a… a different home…'

斯内普还在他们前面飘飘荡荡地走着；他耷拉着的头不停地撞在低矮的天花板上。 哈利觉得小天狼星并没有尽力阻止这一切。 “你知道这意味着什么吗？”小天狼星突然对哈利说，这时他们正沿着隧道缓慢地前进。 “把小矮星彼得抓进来？”“你自由了。”哈利说。 “是的……”小天狼星说。“但我也是——我不知道有没有人告诉过你——我是你的教父。“是的，我知道。”哈利说。 “嗯……你父母指定我做你的监护人。”小天狼星生硬地说。 “如果他们出了什么事……”哈利等着。 小天狼星的意思是他自以为的那个意思吗？ “当然，如果你想和你的姨妈姨父呆在一起，我能理解。”小天狼星说。 “但是……嗯……想想吧。 “一旦我的名字被洗白……如果你想要一个……一个不同的家……”

Some sort of explosion took place in the pit of Harry's stomach. 'What–live with you?' he said, accidentally cracking his head on a bit of rock protruding from the ceiling. 'Leave the Dursleys?' 'Of course, I thought you wouldn't want to,' said Sirius quickly. 'I understand. I just thought I'd–' 'Are you mad?' said Harry, his voice easily as croaky as Sirius'. 'Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?' Sirius turned right around to look at him; Snape's head was scraping the ceiling but Sirius didn't seem to care. 'You want to?' he said. 'You mean it?' 'Yeah, I mean it!' said Harry. Sirius' gaunt face broke into the first true smile Harry had seen upon it. The difference it made was startling, as though a person ten years younger was shining through the starved mask; for

哈利的肚子里好像发生了什么爆炸。 “什么——跟你住在一起？”他说，不小心把头撞到了天花板上突出来的一块石头上。 “离开德思礼家？”“当然，我以为你不会愿意的。”小天狼星赶紧说。 “我明白了。我只是想——”“你疯了吗？哈利说，他的声音很容易像小天狼星一样沙哑。 “我当然想离开德思礼一家！”你有房子吗？ 我什么时候能搬进来？”小天狼星转过身来看着他。斯内普的头擦着天花板，但小天狼星似乎并不在意。 “你想？”他说。“你是认真的？”“是的，我是认真的！”哈利问。 小天狼星憔悴的脸上绽出了哈利生平第一次真正的笑容。 它带来的变化是惊人的，仿佛一个年轻十岁的人透过饥饿的面具在发光；为

a moment, he was recognisable as the man who had laughed at Harry's parents' wedding. They did not speak again until they had reached the end of the tunnel. Crookshanks darted up first; he had evidently pressed his paw to the knot on the trunk, because Lupin, Pettigrew and Ron clambered upwards without any sound of savaging branches. Sirius saw Snape up through the hole, then stood back for Harry and Hermione to pass. At last, all of them were out. The grounds were very dark now, the only light came from the distant windows of the castle. Without a word, they set off. Pettigrew was still wheezing and occasionally whimpering. Harry's mind was buzzing. He was going to leave the Dursleys. He was going to live with Sirius Black, his parents' best friend… he felt dazed… What would happen when he told the Dursleys he was going to live with the convict they'd seen on television? 'One wrong move, Peter,' said Lupin threateningly, ahead. ikcjeo. His wand was still pointed

过了一会儿，人们认出他就是在哈利父母婚礼上大笑的那个人。 直到走到隧道的尽头，他们才再说话。 克鲁克山第一个冲了上去。它显然是用爪子抓住了树干上的结，因为卢平、小矮星彼得和罗恩爬上去的时候，没有听到树枝撕扯的声音。 小天狼星看见斯内普从洞里爬了上来，他退后一步，让哈利和赫敏过去。 最后，他们都出来了。 场地现在很黑了，唯一的光亮来自城堡远处的窗户。 他们二话没说就出发了。 彼德吉雷还在喘气，偶尔呜咽。 哈利的脑子里嗡嗡作响。他要离开德思礼一家了。 他要和他父母最好的朋友小天狼星布莱克住在一起……他感到头晕……当他告诉德思礼一家，他要和他们在电视上看到的那个罪犯住在一起时，会发生什么呢？ “只要走错一步，彼得。”卢平威胁地说。 他的魔杖仍然是尖的

sideways at Pettigrew's chest. Silently they tramped through the grounds, the castle lights growing slowly larger. Snape was still drifting weirdly ahead of Sirius, his chin bumping on his chest. And then–A cloud shifted. There were suddenly dim shadows on the ground. Their party was bathed in moonlight. Snape collided with Lupin, Pettigrew and Ron, who had stopped abruptly. Sirius froze. He flung out an arm to make Harry and Hermione stop. Harry could see Lupin's silhouette. He had gone rigid. Then his limbs began to shake. 'Oh my–' Hermione gasped. 'He didn't take his Potion tonight! He's not safe!' 'Run,' Sirius whispered. 'Run! Now!' But Harry couldn't run. Ron was chained to Pettigrew and Lupin. He leapt forwards but Sirius caught him around the chest and threw him back. 'Leave it to me–RUN!' There was a terrible snarling noise. Lupin's head was lengthening. So was his body. His

侧身朝小矮星彼得的胸口打去。 他们默默地走过场地，城堡里的灯光慢慢变大了。 斯内普仍然古怪地在小天狼星前面飘浮着，下巴顶在胸前。 然后，一片云移动了。 地面上突然出现了一些模糊的影子。 他们一行人沐浴在月光下。 斯内普撞上了卢平、小矮星彼得和罗恩，他们突然停住了脚步。 小天狼星冻结。他伸出一只胳膊，让哈利和赫敏停下来。 哈利可以看到卢平的剪影。 他变得僵硬了。然后他的四肢开始颤抖。 “哦，我的——”赫敏喘着气说。 “他今晚没有吃魔药！”他不安全！“快跑。”小天狼星小声说。 “跑!”现在!”但是哈利跑不动了。 罗恩和小矮星彼得、卢平拴在一起。 他向前一跳，但小天狼星抓住他的胸膛，把他扔了回去。 “交给我吧——快跑！”传来可怕的咆哮声。 卢平的头伸长了。 他的身体也是如此。他的

shoulders were hunching. Hair was sprouting visibly on his face and hands, which were curling into clawed paws. Crookshanks's fur was on end again, he was backing away–As the werewolf reared, snapping its long jaws, Sirius disappeared from Harry's side. He had transformed. The enormous, bear-like dog bounded forwards. As the werewolf wrenched itself free of the manacle binding it, the dog seized it about the neck and pulled it backwards, away from Ron and Pettigrew. They were locked, jaw to jaw, claws ripping at each other–Harry stood, transfixed by the sight; too intent upon the battle to notice anything else. It was Hermione's scream that alerted him–Pettigrew had dived for Lupin's dropped wand. Ron, unsteady on his bandaged leg, fell. There was a bang, a burst of light–and Ron lay motionless on the ground. Another bang–Crookshanks flew into the air and back to the earth in a heap. 'Expelliarmus!' Harry yelled, pointing his own wand at Pettigrew; Lupin's wand flew high into

肩膀耷拉着。他的脸上和手上明显长出了毛发，这些毛发卷曲成爪状。 克鲁克山的毛又竖起来了，它往后退了——狼人直立起来，咬住了它的长下巴，小天狼星从哈利身边消失了。 他变了。那只巨大的、像熊一样的狗向前跳去。 当狼人挣脱束缚它的镣铐时，狗抓住它的脖子，把它向后拉，远离罗恩和小矮星彼得。 他们互相咬着嘴，爪子互相撕咬——哈利站在那里，被这一幕惊呆了。太专注于战斗而没有注意到其他事情。 是赫敏的尖叫惊动了他——小矮星彼得扑向卢平掉在地上的魔杖。 罗恩裹着绷带的腿摇摇晃晃地跌倒了。 砰的一声，一道亮光——罗恩一动不动地躺在地上。 又是一声巨响——克鲁克山飞到空中，又堆成一堆落在地上。 “炒!”哈利喊道，用自己的魔杖指着小矮星彼得。卢平的魔杖飞得很高