7 The Boggart in the Wardrobe

CHAPTER SEVEN The Boggart in the Wardrobe Malfoy didn't reappear in classes until late on Thursday morning, when the Slytherins and Gryffindors were halfway through double Potions. He swaggered into the dungeon, his right arm covered in bandages and bound up in a sling, acting, in Harry's opinion, as though he was the heroic survivor of some dreadful battle. 'How is it, Draco?' simpered Pansy Parkinson. 'Does it hurt much?' 'Yeah,' said Malfoy, putting on a brave sort of grimace. But Harry saw him wink at Crabbe and Goyle when Pansy had looked away.

第七章衣橱里的博格特直到星期四上午很晚的时候，马尔福才再次出现在课堂上，斯莱特林和格兰芬多的学生正在上两节魔药课。 他大摇大摆地走进地下教室，右臂上缠着绷带，吊着吊带，在哈利看来，他的样子就像从一场可怕的战斗中幸存下来的英雄。 “怎么样，德拉科？”潘西·帕金森傻笑着说。 “疼吗？”“是啊。”马尔福说，装出一副勇敢的鬼脸。 但当潘西把目光移开时，哈利看见他对克拉布和高尔眨了眨眼睛。

'Settle down, settle down,' said Professor Snape idly. Harry and Ron scowled at each other; Snape wouldn't have said 'settle down' if they'd walked in late, he'd have given them detention. But Malfoy had always been able to get away with anything in Snape's classes; Snape was Head of Slytherin house, and generally favoured his own students before all others. They were making a new potion today, a Shrinking Solution. Malfoy set up his cauldron right next to Harry and Ron, so that they were preparing their ingredients on the same table. 'Sir,' Malfoy called, 'sir, I'll need help cutting up these daisy roots, because of my arm–' 'Weasley, cut up Malfoy's roots for him,' said Snape, without looking up. Ron went brick red. 'There's nothing wrong with your arm,' he hissed at Malfoy. Malfoy smirked across the table.

“安静点，安静点。”斯内普教授懒洋洋地说。 哈利和罗恩互相皱着眉头。如果他们迟到了，斯内普就不会说“安静”了，他会把他们关禁闭的。 但是马尔福在斯内普的课上总是能逃脱惩罚；斯内普是斯莱特林的院长，他总是优先照顾自己的学生。 他们今天在做一种新的魔药，缩小剂。 马尔福把他的坩埚放在哈利和罗恩旁边，这样他们就可以在同一张桌子上准备食材了。 “先生，”马尔福叫道，“先生，我需要你帮我切这些雏菊根，因为我的胳膊——”“韦斯莱，帮马尔福切根。”斯内普头也不抬地说。 罗恩的脸涨得通红。“你的胳膊没有毛病。”他对马尔福嘶嘶地说。 马尔福隔着桌子傻笑。

'Weasley, you heard Professor Snape, cut up these roots.' Ron seized his knife, pulled Malfoy's roots towards him and began to chop them roughly, so that they were all different sizes. 'Professor,' drawled Malfoy, 'Weasley's mutilating my roots, sir.' Snape approached their table, stared down his hooked nose at the roots, then gave Ron an unpleasant smile from beneath his long, greasy black hair. 'Change roots with Malfoy, Weasley.' 'But sir–!' Ron had spent the last quarter of an hour carefully shredding his own roots into exactly equal pieces. 'Now,' said Snape in his most dangerous voice. Ron shoved his own beautifully cut roots across the table at Malfoy, then took up the knife again. 'And, sir, I'll need this Shrivelfig skinned,' said Malfoy, his voice full of malicious laughter.

“韦斯莱，你听见斯内普教授说的了，把这些根切了。”罗恩抓起刀，把马尔福的根拉到身边，开始粗切，弄得它们大小不一。 “教授，”马尔福慢吞吞地说，“韦斯莱把我的根茎给弄断了，先生。”斯内普走近他们的桌子，从鹰钩鼻子下面盯着根茎，然后从他油腻腻的黑发下给罗恩一个不愉快的微笑。 “跟马尔福换根吧，韦斯莱。“可是先生——！”罗恩花了一刻钟的时间，小心翼翼地把自己的根切成完全相等的碎片。 “现在。”斯内普用他最危险的声音说。 罗恩把自己切得很漂亮的根隔着桌子推给马尔福，然后又拿起了刀。 “还有，先生，我需要给这个无花果剥皮。”马尔福说，他的声音里充满了恶意的笑声。

'Potter, you can skin Malfoy's Shrivelfig,' said Snape, giving Harry the look of loathing he always reserved just for him. Harry took Malfoy's Shrivelfig as Ron set about trying to repair the damage to the roots he now had to use. Harry skinned the Shrivelfig as fast as he could and flung it back across the table at Malfoy without speaking. Malfoy was smirking more broadly than ever. 'Seen your pal Hagrid lately?' he asked them quietly. 'None of your business,' said Ron jerkily, without looking up. 'I'm afraid he won't be a teacher much longer,' said Malfoy, in a tone of mock sorrow. 'Father's not very happy about my injury–' 'Keep talking, Malfoy, and I'll give you a real injury,' snarled Ron. '–he's complained to the school governors. And to the Ministry of Magic. Father's got a lot of influence, you know. And a lasting injury like this–' he gave a huge, fake sigh, 'who knows if my arm'll ever be the same again?'

“波特，你可以给马尔福的无花果剥皮。”斯内普说着，厌恶地看了哈利一眼，这是他一向只对他一个人的表情。 哈利接过马尔福的无花果，罗恩开始修复他现在不得不使用的树根。 哈利以最快的速度剥了无花果的皮，一言不发地隔着桌子扔给马尔福。 马尔福笑得比以前更厉害了。 “最近见到你的朋友海格了吗？”他平静地问他们。 “不关你的事。”罗恩头也不抬地急促地说。 “恐怕他当不了多久老师了。”马尔福假装悲伤地说。 “你再说下去，马尔福，我要把你真正弄伤。”罗恩咆哮道。 他已经向学校管理者投诉过了。 还有魔法部。 父亲很有影响力，你知道的。 而像这样持久的伤害——”他假装深深地叹了口气，“谁知道我的胳膊还能不能像从前一样呢？”

'So that's why you're putting it on,' said Harry, accidentally beheading a dead caterpillar because his hand was shaking in anger. 'To try and get Hagrid sacked.' 'Well,' said Malfoy, lowering his voice to a whisper, 'partly, Potter. But there are other benefits, too. Weasley, slice my caterpillars for me.' A few cauldrons away, Neville was in trouble. Neville regularly went to pieces in Potions lessons; it was his worst subject, and his great fear of Professor Snape made things ten times worse. His potion, which was supposed to be a bright, acid green, had turned– 'Orange, Longbottom,' said Snape, ladling some up and allowing it to splash back into the cauldron, so that everyone could see. 'Orange. Tell me, boy, does anything penetrate that thick skull of yours? Didn't you hear me say, quite clearly, that only one rat spleen was needed? Didn't I state plainly that a dash of leech juice would suffice? What do I have to do to make you understand, Longbottom?'

“所以你才戴上它。”哈利说，因为气得手发抖，他不小心砍掉了一只死毛毛虫的头。 “想让海格被开除。“嗯，”马尔福压低声音说，“部分原因是，波特。 但也有其他好处。 韦斯莱，帮我切毛毛虫。”几个坩埚之外，纳威遇到了麻烦。 纳威经常在魔药课上崩溃；这是他最糟糕的一门课，而他对斯内普教授的极度恐惧使事情变得更糟。 他的魔药本来应该是明亮的、酸绿的，现在却变成了——“橙色的，隆巴顿。”斯内普说着舀了一些，让它溅回坩埚里，让大家都看得见。 “橙色。告诉我，孩子，你那厚脑壳里有什么东西吗？ 你没听见我说得很清楚吗，只需要一只老鼠的脾脏？ 我不是明明白白地说过一点水蛭汁就够了吗？ 我要怎么做才能让你明白，隆巴顿？”

Neville was pink and trembling. He looked as though he was on the verge of tears. 'Please, sir,' said Hermione, 'please, I could help Neville put it–' right–' 'I don't remember asking you to show off, Miss Granger,' said Snape coldly, and Hermione went as pink as Neville. 'Longbottom, at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops of this potion to your toad and see what happens. Perhaps that will encourage you to do it properly.' Snape moved away, leaving Neville breathless with fear. 'Help me!' he moaned to Hermione. 'Hey, Harry,' said Seamus Finnigan, leaning over to borrow Harry's brass scales, 'have you heard? Daily Prophet this morning–they reckon Sirius Black's been sighted.' 'Where?' said Harry and Ron quickly. On the other side of the table, Malfoy looked up, listening closely. 'Not too far from here,' said Seamus, who looked excited. 'It was a Muggle who saw him.

纳威脸色绯红，浑身发抖。 他看起来好像快要哭出来了。 “对不起，先生，”赫敏说，“对不起，我可以帮纳威把它——对——”“我不记得让你炫耀，格兰杰小姐。”斯内普冷冷地说，赫敏和纳威一样涨红了脸。 “隆巴顿，这节课结束时，我们给你的蟾蜍喂几滴这种药水，看看会发生什么。 也许这会鼓励你好好做这件事。”斯内普走开了，留下纳威吓得喘不过气来。 “帮我!他向赫敏呻吟道。 “嘿，哈利，”西莫·斐尼甘俯身去借哈利的铜秤，“你听说了吗？ 今天早上的《预言家日报》——他们估计有人看见小天狼星布莱克了。“在哪里?哈利和罗恩赶紧问。 在桌子的另一边，马尔福抬起头来，仔细地听着。 “离这儿不远。”西莫说，他显得很兴奋。 “看见他的是一个麻瓜。