27 Padfoot Returns

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Padfoot Returns One of the best things about the aftermath of the second task was that everybody was very keen to hear details of what had happened down in the lake, which meant that for once Ron was getting to share Harry's limelight. Harry noticed that Ron's version of events changed subtly with every retelling. At first, he gave what seemed to be the truth; it tallied with Hermione's story, anyway– Dumbledore had put all the hostages into a bewitched sleep in Professor McGonagall's office, first assuring them that they would be quite safe, and would awake when they were back above the water. One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled

第二十七章大脚板回来第二个项目结束后，最好的事情之一就是大家都很想知道湖底发生的事情的细节，这意味着罗恩第一次可以分享哈利的风头了。 哈利注意到，每次复述一遍，罗恩对事情的说法都有微妙的变化。 起初，他说的似乎是实话；不管怎么说，这和赫敏的说法是一致的——邓布利多在麦格教授的办公室里用魔法把所有人质都催眠了，首先向他们保证，他们会很安全，回到水面上就会醒过来。 然而，一个星期后，罗恩讲述了一个绑架的惊心动魄的故事，他在其中挣扎着

single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission before tying him up. 'But I had my wand hidden up my sleeve,' he assured Padma Patil, who seemed to be a lot keener on Ron now that he was getting so much attention, and was making a point of talking to him every time they passed in the corridors. 'I could've taken those mer-idiots any time I wanted.' 'What were you going to do, snore at them?' said Hermione waspishly. People had been teasing her so much about being the thing that Viktor Krum would most miss that she was in a rather tetchy mood. Ron's ears went red, and he reverted thereafter to the bewitched-sleep version of events. As they entered March the weather became drier, but cruel winds skinned their hands and faces every time they went out into the grounds. There were delays in the post because the owls kept being blown off course. The brown owl that Harry had sent to Sirius with the dates of the

单枪匹马地对付五十个全副武装的人鱼，这些人鱼在把他绑起来之前不得不把他打得屈服。 “可是我把魔杖藏在袖子里了。”他向帕德玛·佩蒂尔保证道。既然罗恩受到了这么多的关注，帕德玛似乎对他更感兴趣了，每次在走廊里经过都要和他说说话。 “只要我愿意，我随时都可以干掉那些傻瓜。“你要怎么做，对他们打呼噜吗？”赫敏不耐烦地说。 人们总是取笑她，说她是威克多尔·克鲁姆最想念的东西，所以她的脾气很暴躁。 罗恩的耳朵涨红了，从那以后，他又回到了被施了魔法的那个版本。 当他们进入三月时，天气变得干燥了，但每次他们出门到操场上，残酷的风都刮得他们的手和脸都是皮肤。 由于猫头鹰不断被吹离航线，所以邮政延误了。 哈利寄给小天狼星的那只棕色猫头鹰，上面有日期

Hogsmeade weekend turned up at breakfast on Friday morning with half its feathers sticking up the wrong way; Harry had no sooner torn off Sirius' reply than it took flight, clearly afraid it was going to be sent outside again. Sirius' letter was almost as short as the previous one. Be at stile at end of road out of Hogsmeade (past Dervish & Banges) at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Bring as much food as you can. 'He hasn't come back to Hogsmeade?' said Ron incredulously. 'It looks like it, doesn't it?' said Hermione. 'I can't believe him,' said Harry tensely. 'If he's caught…' 'Made it so far, though, hasn't he?' said Ron. 'And it's not like the place is swarming with Dementors any more.'

霍格莫德村的周末在星期五早晨吃早饭的时候出现了，有一半羽毛翘错了方向。哈利刚撕下小天狼星的回信，信就飞走了，显然是害怕又被送到外面去了。 小天狼星的信几乎和前一封信一样短。 星期六下午两点钟，在霍格莫德村外面那条路的尽头（经过德维什和班斯）站着。 带尽可能多的食物。 “他还没有回到霍格莫德村？”罗恩不敢相信地问。 “看起来是这样，不是吗？”赫敏说。 “我不敢相信他。”哈利紧张地说。 “不过，他逃到现在了，是不是？”罗恩说。 “而且这个地方也不再到处都是摄魂怪了。”

Harry folded up the letter, thinking. If he was honest with himself, he really wanted to see Sirius again. He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon–double Potions–feeling considerably more cheerful than he usually did when descending the steps to the dungeons. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle were standing in a huddle outside the classroom door with Pansy Parkinson's gang of Slytherin girls. All of them were looking at something Harry couldn't see and sniggering heartily. Pansy's pug-like face peered excitedly around Goyle's broad back as Harry, Ron and Hermione approached. 'There they are, there they are!' she giggled, and the knot of Slytherins broke apart. Harry saw that Pansy had a magazine in her hands–Witch Weekly. The moving picture on the front showed a curly-haired witch who was smiling toothily and pointing at a large sponge cake with her wand. 'You might find something to interest you in there, Granger!' Pansy said loudly, and she threw the magazine at Hermione, who caught it, looking

哈利把信折起来，沉思着。 如果他对自己诚实的话，他真的很想再见到小天狼星。 因此，在下午的最后一节课——两节魔药课上，他比往常走下台阶去地下教室时要高兴得多。 马尔福、克拉布和高尔站在教室门外，和潘西·帕金森那帮斯莱特林的女孩们挤成一团。 他们都在看着哈利看不见的东西，尽情地窃笑着。 当哈利、罗恩和赫敏走近时，潘西那张哈巴狗似的脸兴奋地从高尔宽阔的背后望过去。 “他们在那儿，他们在那儿！”她咯咯地笑着，斯莱特林们的结对散开了。 哈利看见潘西手里拿着一本《巫师周刊》。 书的正面是一幅活动的图画，上面是一个卷发的女巫，她露出獠牙微笑，用魔杖指着一块大海绵蛋糕。 “你可能会在里面找到一些你感兴趣的东西，格兰杰！”潘西大声说，把杂志扔给赫敏，赫敏接住了，看着

startled. At that moment, the dungeon door opened, and Snape beckoned them all inside. Hermione, Harry and Ron headed for a table at the back of the dungeon as usual. Once Snape had turned his back on them to write up the ingredients of today's potion on the blackboard, Hermione hastily riffled through the magazine under the desk. At last, in the centre pages, Hermione found what they were looking for. Harry and Ron leant in closer. A colour photograph of Harry headed a short piece entitled HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE: A boy like no other, perhaps–yet a boy suffering all the usual pangs of adolescence, writes Rita Skeeter. Deprived of love since the tragic demise of his parents, fourteen year-old Harry Potter thought he had found solace in his steady girlfriend at Hogwarts, Muggle-born Hermione Granger. Little did he know that he would shortly be suffering yet another emotional blow in a life already littered with personal loss.

吓了一跳。正在这时，地下教室的门开了，斯内普招呼他们都进去。 赫敏、哈利和罗恩像往常一样朝地下教室后面的一张桌子走去。 斯内普转过身去，在黑板上写下今天魔药的成分，赫敏急忙翻着桌子底下的杂志。 最后，赫敏在中间几页找到了他们要找的东西。 哈利和罗恩凑得更近了。 丽塔·斯基特写道，一篇题为《哈利·波特隐秘的心痛》的短文的标题是一张哈利的彩色照片：也许是一个与众不同的男孩——然而却是一个承受着青春期所有常见痛苦的男孩。 自从父母不幸去世后，14岁的哈利·波特失去了爱情，他以为自己在霍格沃茨的女友——麻瓜出身的赫敏·格兰杰身上找到了慰藉。 他一点也不知道，在他已经失去了很多个人的生活中，他很快就会遭受另一次情感上的打击。

Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Since the arrival at Hogwarts of Viktor Krum, Bulgaria Seeker and hero of the last World Quidditch Cup, Miss Granger has been toying with both boys' affections. Krum, who is openly smitten with the devious Miss Granger, has already invited her to visit him in Bulgaria over the summer holidays, and insists that he has 'never felt this way about any other girl'. However, it might not be Miss Granger's doubtful natural charms which have captured these unfortunate boys' interest. 'She's really ugly,' says Pansy Parkinson, a pretty and vivacious fourth-year student, 'but she'd be well up to making a Love Potion, she's quite brainy. I think that's how she's doing it.' Love Potions are of course banned at Hogwarts, and no doubt Albus Dumbledore will want to investigate these claims. In the meantime, Harry Potter's well-wishers must

格兰杰小姐是一个相貌平平的姑娘，但她野心勃勃，似乎对著名的巫师有一种嗜好，这是哈利一个人无法满足的。 自从上一届魁地奇世界杯赛的英雄、保加利亚找球手威克多尔·克鲁姆来到霍格沃茨后，格兰杰小姐就一直在玩弄两个男孩的感情。 克鲁姆公开被狡猾的格兰杰小姐迷住了，他已经邀请格兰杰在暑假期间去保加利亚看望他，并坚称他“从未对其他女孩有过这种感觉”。 然而，吸引这些不幸男孩的可能不是格兰杰小姐令人怀疑的天生魅力。 “她长得真丑，”漂亮活泼的四年级学生潘西·帕金森（Pansy Parkinson）说，“不过她很适合做迷情药水，她很聪明。 我觉得她就是这么做的。”爱情药水在霍格沃茨当然是被禁止的，毫无疑问，阿不思·邓布利多会想要调查这些说法。 与此同时，哈利波特的祝福者们必须