6 Talons and Tea Leaves

CHAPTER SIX Talons and Tea Leaves When Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the Great Hall for breakfast next day, the first thing they saw was Draco Malfoy, who seemed to be entertaining a large group of Slytherins with a very funny story. As they passed, Malfoy did a ridiculous impression of a swooning fit and there was a roar of laughter. 'Ignore him,' said Hermione, who was right behind Harry. 'Just ignore him, it's not worth it…' 'Hey, Potter!' shrieked Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin girl with a face like a pug. 'Potter! The Dementors are coming, Potter! Woooooooo!'

第六章爪子和茶叶第二天，哈利、罗恩和赫敏走进礼堂吃早饭时，他们首先看到的是德拉科·马尔福，他似乎正在给一大群斯莱特林的学生讲一个非常有趣的故事。 他们经过的时候，马尔福滑稽地装出一副晕厥的样子，引起一阵哄堂大笑。 “别理他。”赫敏说，她就在哈利身后。 “别理他，不值得……”潘西·帕金森尖叫道，她是斯莱特林的一个女孩，长着一张像哈巴狗一样的脸。 “波特!摄魂怪来了，波特！Woooooooo !”

Harry dropped into a seat at the Gryffindor table, next to George Weasley. 'New third-year timetables,' said George, passing them over. 'What's up with you, Harry?' 'Malfoy,' said Ron, sitting down on George's other side and glaring over at the Slytherin table. George looked up in time to see Malfoy pretending to faint with terror again. 'That little git,' he said calmly. 'He wasn't so cocky last night when the Dementors were down our end of the train. Came running into our compartment, didn't he, Fred?' 'Nearly wet himself,' said Fred, with a contemptuous glance at Malfoy. 'I wasn't too happy myself,' said George. 'They're horrible things, those Dementors…' 'Sort of freeze your insides, don't they?' said Fred. 'You didn't pass out, though, did you?' said Harry in a low voice. 'Forget it, Harry,' said George bracingly. 'Dad had to go out to Azkaban one time, remember,

哈利在格兰芬多桌旁坐下，挨着乔治·韦斯莱。 “新的三年级课程表。”乔治说着递了过去。 “你怎么了，哈利?”“马尔福。”罗恩说，在乔治的另一边坐下，怒视着斯莱特林的桌子。 乔治抬起头来，看见马尔福又在假装吓晕过去。 “那个小混蛋，”他平静地说。 “昨晚摄魂怪在我们这一端的时候，他可没那么骄傲。 他跑进了我们的车厢，是不是，弗雷德？“差点尿了。”弗雷德说，轻蔑地瞥了马尔福一眼。 “我自己也不太高兴，”乔治说。 “这些摄魂怪太可怕了……”“有点把你的内脏冻住了，是不是？弗雷德说。 “不过你没有昏过去，是不是？”哈利低声问。 “算了，哈利。”乔治安慰他说。 “记得吗，有一次爸爸不得不去阿兹卡班，

Fred? And he said it was the worst place he'd ever been. He came back all weak and shaking… They suck the happiness out of a place, Dementors. Most of the prisoners go mad in there.' 'Anyway, we'll see how happy Malfoy looks after our first Quidditch match,' said Fred. 'Gryffindor versus Slytherin, first game of the season, remember?' The only time Harry and Malfoy had faced each other in a Quidditch match, Malfoy had definitely come off worse. Feeling slightly more cheerful, Harry helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes. Hermione was examining her new timetable. 'Ooh, good, we're starting some new subjects today,' she said happily. 'Hermione,' said Ron, frowning as he looked over her shoulder, 'they've messed up your timetable. Look–they've got you down for about ten subjects a day. There isn't enough time.' 'I'll manage. I've fixed it all with Professor McGonagall.'

弗雷德?他说那是他去过的最糟糕的地方。 他回来时浑身无力，浑身发抖……它们会把一个地方的快乐吸走，摄魂怪。 大多数囚犯在那里都疯了。“不管怎样，我们要看看第一场魁地奇比赛后马尔福会有多高兴。”弗雷德说。 “格兰芬多对斯莱特林，本赛季的第一场比赛，记得吗？”哈利和马尔福唯一一次在魁地奇比赛中碰面，马尔福的表现肯定更糟。 哈利觉得心情稍微好了一些，便随便吃了些香肠和炸西红柿。 赫敏正在检查她的新课程表。 “哦，太好了，我们今天要开始新课程了。”她高兴地说。 “赫敏，”罗恩回过头来皱着眉头说，“他们把你的课程表弄乱了。 你看——他们每天给你留了大约十门课。 时间不够了。“我会设法的。” 我已经和麦格教授谈妥了。”

'But look,' said Ron, laughing, 'see this morning? Nine o'clock, Divination. And underneath, nine o'clock, Muggle Studies. And–' Ron leant closer to the timetable, disbelieving, 'look–underneath that, Arithmancy, nine o'clock. I mean, I know you're good, Hermione, but no one's that good. How're you supposed to be in three classes at once?' 'Don't be silly,' said Hermione shortly. 'Of course I won't be in three classes at once.' 'Well, then–' 'Pass the marmalade,' said Hermione. 'But–' 'Oh, Ron, what's it to you if my timetable's a bit full?' Hermione snapped. 'I told you, I've fixed it all with Professor McGonagall.' Just then, Hagrid entered the Great Hall. He was wearing his long moleskin overcoat and was absent-mindedly swinging a dead polecat from one enormous hand. 'All righ'?' he said eagerly, pausing on the way to the staff table. 'Yer in my firs' ever lesson!

“可是你看，”罗恩笑着说，“看到今天早上了吗？ 九点钟，占卜课。下面九点，麻瓜研究课。 还有——”罗恩不敢相信地凑近课程表，“看——在这下面，算术占卜课，九点钟。 我知道你很厉害，赫敏，但没人那么厉害。 你怎么能同时上三节课呢？“别傻了。”赫敏简短地说。 “我当然不会同时上三节课。“那么——”“把果酱递给我。”赫敏说。 “可是——”“哦，罗恩，如果我的时间表排满了一点，你又有什么关系呢？”赫敏厉声说。 “我告诉过你，我已经和麦格教授谈妥了。”就在这时，海格走进了礼堂。 他穿着一件长长的鼹鼠皮大衣，一只大手心不在焉地摇着一只死鼬。 “所有对吗”?他急切地问，在走向教工桌子的路上停了下来。 “这是我第一次上课！”

Right after lunch! Bin up since five gettin' everythin' ready… hope it's OK… me, a teacher… hones'ly…' He grinned broadly at them and headed off to the staff table, still swinging the polecat. 'Wonder what he's been getting ready?' said Ron, a note of anxiety in his voice. The Hall was starting to empty as people headed off towards their first lesson. Ron checked his timetable. 'We'd better go, look, Divination's at the top of North Tower. It'll take us ten minutes to get there…' They finished their breakfast hastily, said goodbye to Fred and George and walked back through the Hall. As they passed the Slytherin table, Malfoy did yet another impression of a fainting fit. The shouts of laughter followed Harry into the Entrance Hall. The journey through the castle to North Tower was a long one. Two years at Hogwarts hadn't taught them everything about the castle, and they had never been inside North Tower before.

就在午饭后！他朝他们咧嘴一笑，朝教工桌子走去，手里还挥舞着那只臭鼬。 “不知道他在准备什么？”罗恩问，声音里带着一丝焦虑。 礼堂里开始空无一人，人们纷纷去上第一节课。 罗恩看了看课程表。 “我们还是走吧，看，占卜课在北塔的顶层。 他们匆匆吃完早饭，向弗雷德和乔治告别，穿过礼堂往回走。 当他们经过斯莱特林的桌子时，马尔福又一次表现出昏厥的样子。 笑声随着哈利走进门厅。 穿过城堡到北塔的路程很长。 在霍格沃茨的两年并没有教会他们关于城堡的一切，他们以前也从来没有去过北塔。

'There's–got–to–be–a–short–cut,' Ron panted, as they climbed their seventh long staircase and emerged on an unfamiliar landing, where there was nothing but a large painting of a bare stretch of grass hanging on the stone wall. 'I think it's this way,' said Hermione, peering down the empty passage to the right. 'Can't be,' said Ron. 'That's south. Look, you can see a bit of the lake out of the window…' Harry was watching the painting. A fat, dapplegrey pony had just ambled onto the grass and was grazing nonchalantly. Harry was used to the subjects of Hogwarts paintings moving around and leaving their frames to visit each other, but he always enjoyed watching them. A moment later, a short, squat knight in a suit of armour had clanked into the picture after his pony. By the look of the grass stains on his metal knees, he had just fallen off. 'Aha!' he yelled, seeing Harry, Ron and Hermione. 'What villains are these that trespass upon my private lands? Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!'

“一定有近路。”罗恩喘着气说，这时他们爬上第七段长长的楼梯，来到一个不熟悉的平台，那里什么也没有，只有石墙上挂着一幅画，画的是一片光秃秃的草地。 “我想是这边吧。”赫敏说，朝右边那条空无一人的通道看去。 “不可能。”罗恩说。这是南方。 看，你可以看到窗外有一点湖……”哈利看着那幅画。 一只胖胖的、斑灰的小马刚刚漫步到草地上，若无其事地吃着草。 哈利已经习惯了霍格沃茨画中的人物四处走动，离开画框去拜访彼此，但他总是喜欢看着他们。 过了一会儿，一个身穿盔甲的矮胖骑士跟着他的小马哐当走进了画面。 从他金属膝盖上的草渍来看，他刚刚摔了下来。 “啊哈!”他喊道，看见了哈利、罗恩和赫敏。 “这些侵入我私人土地的坏蛋是什么？” 也许你会嘲笑我的堕落？ 抽，你们这些无赖，你们这些狗！”