22 Owl Post Again

–CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO– Owl Post Again 'Harry!' Hermione was tugging at his sleeve, staring at her watch. 'We've got exactly ten minutes to get back down to the hospital wing without anybody seeing us– before Dumbledore locks the door–' 'OK,' said Harry, wrenching his gaze from the sky, 'let's go…' They slipped through the doorway behind them and down a tightly spiralling stone staircase. As they reached the bottom of it, they heard voices. They flattened themselves against the wall and listened. It sounded like Fudge and Snape. They were walking quickly along the corridor at the foot of the staircase.

——第二十二章猫头鹰再次寄信“哈利！”赫敏拽着他的袖子，眼睛盯着手表。 “好吧，”哈利说，把目光从天上扭开，“我们走吧……”他们溜进身后的门口，走下一段密密麻麻的螺旋形石头楼梯。 当他们到达底部时，他们听到了声音。 他们伏在墙上听着。 听起来像是福吉和斯内普。 他们沿着楼梯脚下的走廊快步走着。

'…only hope Dumbledore's not going to make difficulties,' Snape was saying. 'The Kiss will be performed immediately?' 'As soon as Macnair returns with the Dementors. This whole Black affair has been highly embarrassing. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to informing the Daily Prophet that we've got him at last… I daresay they'll want to interview you, Snape… and once young Harry's back in his right mind, I expect he'll want to tell the Prophet exactly how you saved him…' Harry clenched his teeth. He caught a glimpse of Snape's smirk as he and Fudge passed Harry and Hermione's hiding place. Their footsteps died away. Harry and Hermione waited a few moments to make sure they'd really gone, then started to run in the opposite direction. Down one staircase, then another, along a new corridor– then they heard a cackling ahead. 'Peeves!' Harry muttered, grabbing Hermione's wrist. 'In here!'

“……只希望邓布利多不会为难我。”斯内普说。 “马上就要接吻了？”“等麦克尼尔带着摄魂怪回来。” 整个布莱克事件让人非常尴尬。 我简直无法告诉你，我多么盼望着告诉《预言家日报》，我们终于抓住了他……我敢说他们会想采访你的，斯内普……一旦小哈利恢复了正常思维，我想他会想告诉《预言家日报》，你是如何救了他的……” 当他和福吉经过哈利和赫敏的藏身之处时，他瞥见了斯内普的假笑。 他们的脚步声渐渐消失了。 哈利和赫敏等了一会儿，确定他们真的走了，然后开始朝相反的方向跑去。 下了一段又一段楼梯，沿着一条新的走廊走下去——然后他们听到前面传来咯咯的笑声。 “讨厌!”哈利嘟囔着，抓住赫敏的手腕。 “在这里!”

They tore into a deserted classroom to their left just in time. Peeves seemed to be bouncing along the corridor in tearing spirits, laughing his head off. 'Oh, he's horrible,' whispered Hermione, her ear to the door. 'I bet he's all excited because the Dementors are going to finish Sirius…' She checked her watch. 'Three minutes, Harry!' They waited until Peeves's gloating voice had faded into the distance, then slid back out of the room and broke into a run again. 'Hermione– what'll happen– if we don't get back inside– before Dumbledore locks the door?' Harry panted. 'I don't want to think about it!' Hermione moaned, checking her watch again. 'One minute!' They had reached the end of the corridor with the hospital-wing entrance. 'OK– I can hear Dumbledore,' said Hermione tensely. 'Come on, Harry!' They crept along the corridor. The door opened. Dumbledore's back appeared.

他们及时地冲进左边一间空无一人的教室。 皮皮鬼似乎兴高采烈地在走廊里蹦蹦跳跳，笑得前仰后跳。 “哦，他太可怕了。”赫敏小声说，耳朵贴在门口。 “我敢打赌，他一定很兴奋，因为摄魂怪要干掉小天狼星了……”她看了看表。 “三分钟，哈利！”他们一直等到皮皮鬼幸灾乐祸的声音消失在远处，才溜出房间，又开始跑起来。 “赫敏——如果我们——在邓布利多锁门之前——不回去，会发生什么？”哈利喘着气说。 “我不想去想它！”赫敏呻吟着，又看了看表。 “一分钟!”他们已经走到了走廊的尽头，那里有医院侧楼的入口。 “好——我能听见邓布利多的声音。”赫敏紧张地说。 “加油，哈利！”他们蹑手蹑脚地沿着走廊走。 门开了。邓布利多的背影出现了。

'I am going to lock you in,' they heard him saying. 'It is five minutes to midnight. Miss Granger, three turns should do it. Good luck.' Dumbledore backed out of the room, closed the door and took out his wand to magically lock it. Panicking, Harry and Hermione ran forwards. Dumbledore looked up, and a wide smile appeared under the long silver moustache. 'Well?' he said quietly. 'We did it!' said Harry breathlessly. 'Sirius has gone, on Buckbeak…' Dumbledore beamed at them. 'Well done. I think–' he listened intently for any sound within the hospital wing. 'Yes, I think you've gone, too. Get inside– I'll lock you in–' Harry and Hermione slipped back inside the dormitory. It was empty except for Ron, who was still lying motionless in the end bed. As the lock clicked behind them, Harry and Hermione crept back to their own beds, Hermione tucking the Time-Turner back under her robes. ikcjeo. Next moment, Madam Pomfrey had come striding back out of her office.

他们听见他说，我要把你锁在里面。 “现在是午夜差五分钟。 格兰杰小姐，转三圈就行了。 祝你好运。”邓布利多退了出去，关上门，拿出魔杖，用魔法把门锁上。 哈利和赫敏惊慌失措地向前跑去。 邓布利多抬起头，长长的银色胡须下露出了灿烂的笑容。 ”好吗?他平静地说。“我们做到了！”哈利气喘吁吁地问。 “小天狼星走了，巴克比克……”邓布利多微笑着看着他们。 “做得好。我想——”他聚精会神地听着病房里有什么声音。 “是的，我想你也走了。 进去——我把你锁在里面——”哈利和赫敏溜回宿舍。 房间里空无一人，只有罗恩一动不动地躺在尾床上。 锁在他们身后咔嚓一声关上了，哈利和赫敏蹑手蹑脚地回到自己的床上，赫敏把时间转换器塞回长袍下面。 不一会儿，庞弗雷夫人大步走出了她的办公室。

'Did I hear the Headmaster leaving? Am I allowed to look after my patients now?' She was in a very bad mood. Harry and Hermione thought it best to accept their chocolate quietly. Madam Pomfrey stood over them, making sure they ate it. But Harry could hardly swallow. He and Hermione were waiting, listening, their nerves jangling … And then, as they both took a fourth piece of chocolate from Madam Pomfrey, they heard a distant roar of fury echoing from somewhere above them… 'What was that?' said Madam Pomfrey in alarm. Now they could hear angry voices, growing louder and louder. Madam Pomfrey was staring at the door. 'Really– they'll wake everybody up! What do they think they're doing?' Harry was trying to hear what the voices were saying. They were drawing nearer– 'He must have Disapparated, Severus, we should have left somebody in the room with him. When this gets out–'

“我听到校长离开的声音了吗？” 我现在可以照顾我的病人了吗？”她心情很不好。 哈利和赫敏认为最好还是默默地接受他们的巧克力。 庞弗雷夫人站在他们旁边，确保他们吃了它。 可是哈利简直咽不下去了。 他和赫敏等着，听着，神经紧张得要命……然后，当他们俩从庞弗雷夫人手中接过第四块巧克力时，他们听到远处从头顶什么地方传来一阵愤怒的怒吼……庞弗雷夫人惊恐地说。 现在他们可以听到愤怒的声音，越来越大。 庞弗雷夫人盯着门。 “真的——他们会把大家都吵醒的！”他们以为自己在干什么？”哈利试图听清那些声音在说些什么。 他们走近了——“他一定是幻影移形了，西弗勒斯，我们应该留个人在房间里陪着他。 等这事传出去——”

'HE DIDN'T DISAPPARATE!' Snape roared, now very close at hand. 'YOU CAN'T APPARATE OR DISAPPARATE INSIDE THIS CASTLE! THIS– HAS– SOMETHING– TO– DO– WITH– POTTER!' 'Severus– be reasonable– Harry has been locked up–' BAM. The door of the hospital wing burst open. Fudge, Snape and Dumbledore came striding into the ward. Dumbledore alone looked calm. Indeed, he looked as though he was quite enjoying himself. Fudge appeared angry. But Snape was beside himself. 'OUT WITH IT, POTTER!' he bellowed. 'WHAT DID YOU DO?' 'Professor Snape!' shrieked Madam Pomfrey. 'Control yourself!' 'See here, Snape, be reasonable,' said Fudge. 'This door's been locked, we just saw–' 'THEY HELPED HIM ESCAPE, I KNOW IT!' Snape howled, pointing at Harry and Hermione.

“他没有幻影移形！”斯内普吼道，现在离他很近了。 “在这座城堡里你不能幻影显形或幻影移形！”这——跟——波特——有点——关系！“西弗勒斯——理智点——哈利被关起来了——砰！” 医院的门突然打开了。 福吉、斯内普和邓布利多大步走进病房。 只有邓布利多看上去很平静。 的确，他看上去好像很开心。 福吉显得很生气。但斯内普已经气疯了。 “说出来，波特！”他吼道。 “你做了什么？”“斯内普教授！”庞弗雷夫人尖叫道。 的控制自己!“喂，斯内普，理智点。”福吉说。 “这扇门是锁着的，我们刚才看见——”“他们帮他逃走了，我知道！”斯内普吼道，指着哈利和赫敏。