18 The Weighing of the Wands

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Weighing of the Wands When Harry woke up on Sunday morning, it took him a moment to remember why he felt so miserable and worried. Then the memory of the previous night rolled over him. He sat up and ripped back the curtains of his own four-poster, intending to talk to Ron, to force Ron to believe him– only to find that Ron's bed was empty; he had obviously gone down to breakfast. Harry dressed and went down the spiral staircase into the common room. The moment he appeared, the people who had already finished breakfast broke into applause again. The prospect

第十八章魔杖的称重当哈利在星期天早晨醒来的时候，过了一会儿他才记起自己为什么这么痛苦和担心。 接着，他又想起了前一天晚上的事。 他坐起来，拉开自己那张四柱床的窗帘，想跟罗恩说话，强迫罗恩相信他——结果发现罗恩的床空着。他显然是下楼去吃早饭了。 哈利穿好衣服，走下螺旋形楼梯，走进公共休息室。 他一出现，已经吃完早餐的人们又爆发出掌声。 前景

of going down into the Great Hall and facing the rest of the Gryffindors, all treating him like some sort of hero, was not inviting; it was that, however, or stay here and allow himself to be cornered by the Creevey brothers, who were both beckoning frantically to him to join them. He walked resolutely over to the portrait hole, pushed it open, climbed out of it and found himself face to face with Hermione. 'Hello,' she said, holding up a stack of toast, which she was carrying in a napkin. 'I brought you this… want to go for a walk?' 'Good idea,' said Harry, gratefully. They went downstairs, crossed the Entrance Hall quickly without looking in at the Great Hall, and were soon striding across the lawn towards the lake, where the Durmstrang ship was moored, reflected blackly in the water. It was a chilly morning, and they kept moving, munching their toast, as Harry told Hermione exactly what had happened after he had left the Gryffindor table the night before. To his immense relief, Hermione accepted his story without question.

走进礼堂，面对格兰芬多的其他同学，所有人都把他当作某种英雄对待，这真叫人讨厌。不过，要么就呆在这里，任由克里维兄弟把自己逼得走投无路，他们俩都在疯狂地向他招手，要他加入他们。 他果断地走到肖像洞口，推开它，爬了出来，发现自己和赫敏面对面。 “你好，”她说，举起一叠面包，用餐巾包着。 “我给你带来了这个……想出去走走吗？”“好主意。”哈利感激地说。 他们下了楼，匆匆穿过门厅，没有朝礼堂里看一眼，很快就大步穿过草坪，朝湖边走去，德姆斯特朗的船停泊在湖边，在水面上倒映着黑黑的倒影。 这是一个寒冷的早晨，他们不停地走动，一边嚼着烤面包，哈利把他前一天晚上离开格兰芬多餐桌后发生的事情原原原本地告诉了赫敏。 赫敏毫无疑问地接受了他的故事，这使他大大地松了一口气。

'Well, of course, I knew you hadn't entered yourself,' she said, when he'd finished telling her about the scene in the chamber off the Hall. 'The look on your face when Dumbledore read out your name! But the question is, who did put it in? Because Moody's right, Harry… I don't think any student could have done it… they'd never be able to fool the Goblet, or get over Dumbledore's–' 'Have you seen Ron?' Harry interrupted. Hermione hesitated. 'Erm… yes… he was at breakfast,' she said. 'Does he still think I entered myself?' 'Well… no, I don't think so… not really,' said Hermione awkwardly. 'What's that supposed to mean, not really?' 'Oh, Harry, isn't it obvious?' Hermione said despairingly. 'He's jealous!' 'Jealous?' Harry said incredulously. 'Jealous of what? He wants to make a prat of himself in front of the whole school, does he?' 'Look,' said Hermione patiently, 'it's always you who gets all the attention, you know it is. I

“嗯，当然，我知道你自己没有报名，”他给她讲完庄园外房间里的一幕后，她说。 “邓布利多念你名字时你脸上的表情！”但问题是，是谁放进去的？ “因为穆迪说得对，哈利……我认为没有哪个学生能做到……他们永远也骗不了高脚杯，也逃不过邓布利多的——”哈利打断。 赫敏犹豫了一下。“嗯……是的……他在吃早饭。”她说。 “他还以为是我自己进来的吗？”“嗯……不，我想没有……没有。”赫敏尴尬地说。 “这是什么意思，不是真的吗？”“哦，哈利，这不是很明显吗？”赫敏绝望地说。 “他是嫉妒!“嫉妒?”哈利不敢相信地说。 “嫉妒什么？”他想在全校面前出丑，是吗？“听着，”赫敏耐心地说，“总是你吸引了所有的注意力，你知道的。” 我

know it's not your fault,' she added quickly, seeing Harry open his mouth furiously, 'I know you don't ask for it… but– well– you know, Ron's got all those brothers to compete against at home, and you're his best friend, and you're really famous– he's always shunted to one side whenever people see you, and he puts up with it, and he never mentions it, but I suppose this is just one time too many…' 'Great,' said Harry bitterly. 'Really great. Tell him from me I'll swap any time he wants. Tell him from me he's welcome to it… people gawping at my forehead everywhere I go…' 'I'm not telling him anything,' Hermione said shortly. 'Tell him yourself, it's the only way to sort this out.' 'I'm not running around after him trying to make him grow up!' Harry said, so loudly that several owls in a nearby tree took flight in alarm. 'Maybe he'll believe I'm not enjoying myself once I've got my neck broken or–' 'That's not funny,' said Hermione quietly. ikcjeo. 'That's not funny at all.' She looked extremely

“我知道这不是你的错，”她看到哈利愤怒地张大嘴巴，赶紧补充道，“我知道你没有主动要求……但是——嗯——你知道，罗恩在家里有那么多兄弟要和他竞争，你是他最好的朋友，你又很有名——他一看见你就被挤到一边去，他忍着，从不提起，但我想这一次也太过分了……” “真的很棒。替我转告他，只要他愿意，我随时可以交换。 “我什么也不会告诉他的。”赫敏简短地说。 “你自己告诉他，这是解决问题的唯一办法。“我才不要追着他跑，想让他长大呢！”哈利说，声音太大了，附近一棵树上的几只猫头鹰惊慌地飞了起来。 “也许等我的脖子断了以后，他就会相信我不开心了，或者——”“这不好玩。”赫敏轻声说。 “这一点也不好笑。”她看上去非常

anxious. 'Harry, I've been thinking– you know what we've got to do, don't you? Straight away, the moment we get back to the castle?' 'Yeah, give Ron a good kick up the–' 'Write to Sirius. You've got to tell him what's happened. He asked you to keep him posted on everything that's going on at Hogwarts… it's almost like he expected something like this to happen. I brought some parchment and a quill out with me–' 'Come off it,' said Harry, looking around to check that they couldn't be overheard; but the grounds were quite deserted. 'He came back to the country just because my scar twinged. He'll probably come bursting right into the castle if I tell him someone's entered me for the Triwizard Tournament–' 'He'd want you to tell him,' said Hermione sternly. 'He's going to find out anyway–' 'How?' 'Harry, this isn't going to be kept quiet,' said Hermione, very seriously. 'This Tournament's famous, and you're famous, I'll be really surprised

焦虑。“哈利，我一直在想——你知道我们要做什么，是不是？” 我们一回到城堡就走吗？“是啊，好好教训罗恩一顿——”“给小天狼星写信。 你得告诉他发生了什么。 他让你把霍格沃茨发生的一切都告诉他……就好像他预料到会发生这样的事情。 我带了一些羊皮纸和一支羽毛笔——”“别说了。”哈利说着，环顾四周，生怕被人听见。但是场地上空无一人。 “他回到这个国家只是因为我的伤疤刺痛了。 如果我告诉他有人提名我参加三强争霸赛，他可能会冲进城堡——”“他会希望你告诉他的。”赫敏严厉地说。 “反正他会知道的——”“怎么知道？”“哈利，这件事是不会保密的。”赫敏非常严肃地说。 “这次争霸赛很有名，你也很有名，我会很惊讶的

if there isn't anything in the Daily Prophet about you competing… you're already in half the books about You-Know-Who, you know… and Sirius would rather hear it from you, I know he would.' 'OK, OK, I'll write to him,' said Harry, throwing his last piece of toast into the lake. They both stood and watched it floating there for a moment, before a large tentacle rose out of the water and scooped it beneath the surface. Then they returned to the castle. 'Whose owl am I going to use?' Harry said, as they climbed the stairs. 'He told me not to use Hedwig again.' 'Ask Ron if you can borrow–' 'I'm not asking Ron anything,' Harry said flatly. 'Well, borrow one of the school owls, then, anyone can use them,' said Hermione. They went up to the Owlery. Hermione gave Harry a piece of parchment, a quill and a bottle of ink, then strolled around the long lines of perches, looking at all the different owls, while Harry sat down against a wall and wrote his letter.

“如果《预言家日报》上没有关于你比赛的报道……你已经出现在一半关于神秘人的书里了，你知道……小天狼星更愿意从你那里听到这件事，我知道他会的。”“好吧，好吧，我会给他写信的。”哈利说着，把最后一片烤面包扔进了湖里。 他们俩都站在那儿，看着它在那里浮了一会儿，然后一条大触手从水里伸出来，把它捞到了水面下。 然后他们回到了城堡。 “我用谁的猫头鹰呢？”他们上楼时，哈利说。 “他叫我不要再用海德薇了。“问罗恩能不能借——”“我什么也没问罗恩。”哈利直截了当地说。 “那就借一只学校的猫头鹰吧，谁都可以用。”赫敏说。 他们向猫头鹰棚屋走去。 赫敏给了哈利一张羊皮纸、一支羽毛笔和一瓶墨水，然后在一排排的栖木上踱来踱去，看着各种各样的猫头鹰，哈利则靠墙坐下来写信。