9 Grim Defeat

CHAPTER NINE Grim Defeat Professor Dumbledore sent all the Gryffindors back to the Great Hall, where they were joined ten minutes later by the students from Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, who all looked extremely confused. 'The teachers and I need to conduct a thorough search of the castle,' Professor Dumbledore told them as Professors McGonagall and Flitwick closed all doors into the Hall. 'I'm afraid that, for your own safety, you will have to spend the night here. I want the Prefects to stand guard over the entrances to the Hall and I am leaving the Head Boy and Girl in charge. Any disturbance should be reported to me immediately,' he added to Percy,

第九章残酷的失败邓布利多教授把所有格兰芬多的学生都送回了礼堂，十分钟后，赫奇帕奇、拉文克劳和斯莱特林的学生也来到了礼堂，他们都显得非常困惑。 “老师们和我需要彻底搜查一下城堡。”邓布利多教授对他们说，麦格教授和弗立维关上了所有进入礼堂的门。 “为了您自己的安全，恐怕您得在这里过夜了。 我要级长守卫礼堂的入口，我要让男生学生会主席和女生学生会主席负责。 “任何骚乱都要立即向我报告。”他又对珀西说，

who was looking immensely proud and important. 'Send word with one of the ghosts.' Professor Dumbledore paused, about to the leave the Hall, and said, 'Oh, yes, you'll be needing…' One casual wave of his wand and the long tables flew to the edges of the Hall and stood themselves against the walls; another wave, and the floor was covered with hundreds of squashy purple sleeping bags. 'Sleep well,' said Professor Dumbledore, closing the door behind him. The Hall immediately began to buzz excitedly; the Gryffindors were telling the rest of the school what had just happened. 'Everyone into their sleeping bags!' shouted Percy. 'Come on now, no more talking! Lights out in ten minutes!' 'C'mon,' Ron said to Harry and Hermione; they seized three sleeping bags and dragged them into a corner.

他看起来非常骄傲和重要。 “派个鬼捎个信来。”邓布利多教授停顿了一下，正要离开礼堂，他说：“哦，对了，你们需要……”他随便一挥魔杖，长桌就飞到礼堂的边缘，靠墙站了起来。又一波，地板上堆满了几百个软软的紫色睡袋。 “睡个好觉。”邓布利多教授说着随手关上了门。 礼堂里立刻开始兴奋地嗡嗡作响。格兰芬多的学生正在把刚才发生的事情告诉全校其他同学。 “大家都钻进睡袋！”珀西喊道。 “好了，别说话了！”十分钟后熄灯！“走吧。”罗恩对哈利和赫敏说。他们抓了三个睡袋，拖到一个角落里。

'Do you think Black's still in the castle?' Hermione whispered anxiously. 'Dumbledore obviously thinks he might be,' said Ron. 'It's very lucky he picked tonight, you know,' said Hermione, as they climbed fully dressed into their sleeping bags and propped themselves on their elbows to talk. 'The one night we weren't in the Tower…' 'I reckon he's lost track of time, being on the run,' said Ron. 'Didn't realise it was Hallowe'en. Otherwise he'd have come bursting in here.' Hermione shuddered. All around them, people were asking each other the same question: 'How did he get in?' 'Maybe he knows how to Apparate,' said a Ravenclaw a few feet away. 'Just appear out of thin air, you know.' 'Disguised himself, probably,' said a Hufflepuff fifth-year. 'He could've flown in,' suggested Dean Thomas.

“你认为布莱克还在城堡里吗？”赫敏焦急地小声说。 “邓布利多显然认为他可能是。”罗恩说。 “他选了今晚，真是太幸运了，你知道。”赫敏说，这时他们穿得整整齐齐地钻进睡袋，用胳膊肘撑着说话。 “我想他一直在逃亡，忘记了时间。”罗恩说。 “没想到今天是万圣节。 不然他早就冲进来了。”赫敏战栗。 他们周围的人都在互相问同一个问题：“他是怎么进来的？”“也许他知道怎么幻影显形。”几英尺外的一个拉文克劳学生说。 “凭空出现，你知道的。“可能是伪装起来的。”赫奇帕奇的一个五年级学生说。 “他可能是坐飞机来的。”迪安托马斯建议道。

'Honestly, am I the only person who's ever bothered to read Hogwarts, A History?' said Hermione crossly to Harry and Ron. 'Probably,' said Ron. 'Why?' 'Because the castle's protected by more than walls, you know,' said Hermione. 'There are all sorts of enchantments on it, to stop people entering by stealth. You can't just Apparate in here. And I'd like to see the disguise that could fool those Dementors. They're guarding every single entrance to the grounds. They'd have seen him fly in, too. And Filch knows all the secret passages, they'll have them covered…' 'The lights are going out now!' Percy shouted. 'I want everyone in their sleeping bags and no more talking!' The candles all went out at once. The only light now came from the silvery ghosts, who were drifting about talking seriously to the Prefects, and the enchanted ceiling, which, like the sky outside, was scattered with stars. What with that, and the whispering that still filled the Hall, Harry felt as

“老实说，难道只有我一个人费心去读《霍格沃茨校史》吗？”赫敏生气地对哈利和罗恩说。 “可能吧。”罗恩说。“为什么?“因为城堡不仅有城墙保护，你知道。”赫敏说。 “上面有各种各样的魔法，防止人们偷偷溜进来。 你不能在这里幻影显形。 我想看看能骗过那些摄魂怪的伪装。 他们把守着每一个入口。 他们也会看到他飞进来的。 费尔奇知道所有的秘密通道，他们会把它们封起来的……”珀西喊道。 “我要每个人都进睡袋，不许说话！”蜡烛一下子全都灭了。 现在唯一的亮光来自那些银白色的幽灵，它们正在四处游荡，一本正经地跟级长们说话。施了魔法的天花板像外面的天空一样，布满了星星。 有了这些，再加上礼堂里仍然充满了窃窃私语，哈利觉得

though he was sleeping out of doors in a light wind. Once every hour, a teacher would reappear in the Hall to check that everything was quiet. Around three in the morning, when many students had finally fallen asleep, Professor Dumbledore came in. Harry watched him looking around for Percy, who had been prowling between the sleeping bags, telling people off for talking. Percy was only a short way away from Harry, Ron and Hermione, who quickly pretended to be asleep as Dumbledore's footsteps drew nearer. 'Any sign of him, Professor?' asked Percy in a whisper. 'No. All well here?' 'Everything under control, sir.' 'Good. There's no point moving them all now. I've found a temporary guardian for the Gryffindor portrait hole. You'll be able to move them back in tomorrow.' 'And the Fat Lady, sir?'

虽然他在微风中睡在户外。 每隔一小时，就会有一位老师出现在礼堂里，检查一切是否安静。 凌晨三点左右，许多学生终于睡着了，邓布利多教授走了进来。 哈利看着他四处寻找珀西，珀西一直在睡袋之间徘徊，责备那些说话的人。 珀西离哈利、罗恩和赫敏不远了，邓布利多的脚步声越来越近，他们赶紧假装睡着了。 “找到他了吗，教授？”珀西小声问。 “不。这里都好吗？“一切尽在掌握之中，先生。” 现在没必要把他们都搬走。 我给格兰芬多肖像洞找了个临时监护人。 你明天就可以把他们搬回来了。“那胖夫人呢，先生？”

'Hiding in a map of Argyllshire on the second floor. Apparently she refused to let Black in without the password, so he attacked. She's still very distressed, but once she's calmed down, I'll have Mr Filch restore her.' Harry heard the door of the Hall creak open again, and more footsteps. 'Headmaster?' It was Snape. Harry kept quite still, listening hard. 'The whole of the third floor has been searched. He's not there. And Filch has done the dungeons; nothing there, either.' 'What about the Astronomy Tower? Professor Trelawney's room? The Owlery?' 'All searched…' 'Very well, Severus. I didn't really expect Black to linger.' 'Have you any theory as to how he got in, Professor?' asked Snape. Harry raised his head very slightly off his arms to free his other ear. 'Many, Severus, each of them as unlikely as the next.'

“躲在二楼阿盖尔郡的地图里。 显然她拒绝让布莱克在没有密码的情况下进去，所以他就攻击了她。 她还是很伤心，不过等她平静下来，我会让费尔奇先生把她治好的。”哈利听见礼堂的门又吱吱地开了，还有更多的脚步声。 “校长?”是斯内普。 哈利静静地听着。 “整个三楼都被搜查过了。 他不在那儿。费尔奇也打扫过地牢；那里也没有。“天文塔怎么样？” 特里劳妮教授的房间？ Owlery吗?“很好，西弗勒斯。 我真没想到布莱克会逗留。“教授，你知道他是怎么进来的吗？”斯内普问。 哈利把头从胳膊上微微抬起，腾出另一只耳朵。 “很多，西弗勒斯，每一个都是不可能的。”