28 The Madness of Mr. Crouch

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT The Madness of Mr Crouch Harry, Ron and Hermione went up to the Owlery after breakfast on Sunday to send a letter to Percy, asking, as Sirius had suggested, whether he had seen Mr Crouch lately. They used Hedwig, because it had been so long since she'd had a job. When they had watched her fly out of sight through the Owlery window, they proceeded down to the kitchen to give Dobby his new socks. The house-elves gave them a very cheery welcome, bowing and curtseying and bustling around making tea again. Dobby was ecstatic about his present.

第二十八章克劳奇先生的疯狂星期日早饭后，哈利、罗恩和赫敏去猫头鹰棚屋给珀西寄了一封信，按照小天狼星的建议，问他最近有没有见到克劳奇先生。 他们用了海德薇，因为她已经很久没有工作了。 他们从猫头鹰棚屋的窗户里望着她飞得无影无踪，然后下楼到厨房给多比送他的新袜子。 家养小精灵们热情地欢迎他们，鞠躬、行屈膝礼，又忙着沏茶。 多比对他的礼物欣喜若狂。

'Harry Potter is too good to Dobby!' he squeaked, wiping large tears out of his enormous eyes. 'You saved my life with that Gillyweed, Dobby, you really did,' said Harry. 'No chance of more of those éclairs, is there?' said Ron, who was looking around at the beaming and bowing house-elves. 'You've just had breakfast!' said Hermione irritably, but a great silver platter of éclairs was already zooming towards them, supported by four elves. 'We should get some stuff to send up to Snuffles,' Harry muttered. 'Good idea,' said Ron. 'Give Pig something to do. You couldn't give us a bit of extra food, could you?' he said to the surrounding elves, and they bowed delightedly and hurried off to get some more. 'Dobby, where's Winky?' said Hermione, who was looking around.

“哈利波特对多比太好了！”他尖叫着，擦去大眼睛里的大滴眼泪。 “你用那只鱼鳃草救了我的命，多比，真的。”哈利说。 “不会再有这样的风波了吧？”罗恩说，他正环顾四周，看着那些满面笑容、鞠躬致谢的家养小精灵。 “你刚吃过早饭！”赫敏不耐烦地说，但是一大盘装着辛酸豆的银盘子已经由四个小精灵端着，飞快地朝他们飞来。 “我们应该拿点东西送去给伤风。”哈利咕哝道。 “好主意。”罗恩说。“给小猪找点事做。 你就不能多给我们一点吃的吗？他对周围的小精灵说，他们高兴地鞠了一躬，赶紧去拿更多的。 “多比，闪闪在哪儿？”赫敏说，她四处张望着。

'Winky is over there by the fire, miss,' said Dobby quietly, his ears drooping slightly. 'Oh dear,' said Hermione, as she spotted Winky. Harry looked over at the fireplace, too. Winky was sitting on the same stool as last time, but she had allowed herself to become so filthy that she was not immediately distinguishable from the smoke-blackened brick behind her. Her clothes were ragged and unwashed. She was clutching a bottle of Butterbeer and swaying slightly on her stool, staring into the fire. As they watched her, she gave an enormous hiccough. 'Winky is getting through six bottles a day now,' Dobby whispered to Harry. 'Well, it's not strong, that stuff,' Harry said. But Dobby shook his head. ''Tis strong for a house-elf, sir,' he said. Winky hiccoughed again. The elves who had brought the éclairs gave her disapproving looks as they returned to work. 'Winky is pining, Harry Potter,' Dobby whispered sadly. 'Winky wants to go home.

“闪闪在那边火炉旁，小姐。”多比轻声说，耳朵微微下垂。 “哦，天哪。”赫敏看见闪闪说。 哈利也看了看壁炉。 闪闪还坐在上次坐过的那张凳子上，但她把自己弄得太脏了，跟她身后被烟熏黑的砖头根本看不出来。 她的衣服又破又没洗。 她手里拿着一瓶黄油啤酒，在凳子上微微摇晃，眼睛盯着炉火。 当他们看着她的时候，她打了一个大大的嗝。 “闪闪现在一天要喝六瓶。”多比低声对哈利说。 “嗯，那东西不太烈。”哈利说。 可是多比摇了摇头。“对家养小精灵来说，这味道太浓了，先生。”他说。 闪闪又打嗝了。那些带来了薪金转换器的精灵们回去工作时，不以为然地看了她一眼。 “闪闪很憔悴，哈利·波特。” “闪闪想回家。

Winky still thinks Mr Crouch is her master, sir, and nothing Dobby says will persuade her that Professor Dumbledore is her master now.' 'Hey, Winky,' said Harry, struck by a sudden inspiration, walking over and bending down to speak to her, 'you don't know what Mr Crouch might be up to, do you? Because he's stopped turning up to judge the Triwizard Tournament.' Winky's eyes flickered. Her enormous pupils focused on Harry. She swayed slightly again and then said, 'M-master is stopped–hic–coming?' 'Yeah,' said Harry, 'we haven't seen him since the first task. The Daily Prophet's saying he's ill.' Winky swayed some more, staring blurrily at Harry. 'Master–hic–ill?' Her bottom lip began to tremble. 'But we're not sure if that's true,' said Hermione quickly. 'Master is needing his–hic–Winky!' whimpered the elf. 'Master cannot–hic-manage –hic–all by himself…'

闪闪仍然认为克劳奇先生是她的主人，先生，多比说什么也不能使她相信邓布利多教授现在是她的主人。“嘿，闪闪，”哈利突然灵机一动，走过去弯下腰跟她说话，“你不知道克劳奇先生可能要做什么吧？ 因为他不再来当三强争霸赛的裁判了。”闪闪的眼睛闪烁着。 她的大瞳孔盯着哈利。 她又微微摇晃了一下，然后说：“主人——主人——不来了？”“是啊，”哈利说，“从第一个项目开始我们就没见过他。” 《预言家日报》说他病了。”闪闪又摇晃了一下，模糊地盯着哈利。 “Master-hic-ill ?”她的下嘴唇开始颤抖。 “但我们不能肯定那是不是真的。”赫敏赶紧说。 “主人需要他的——闪闪！”小精灵呜咽着说。 “主人一个人不能——应付——应付——一切……”

'Other people manage to do their own housework, you know, Winky,' said Hermione severely. 'Winky–hic–is not only–hic–doing housework for Mr Crouch!' Winky squeaked indignantly, swaying worse than ever and slopping Butterbeer down her already heavily stained blouse. 'Master is–hic–trusting Winky with– hic–the most important–hic–the most secret–' 'What?' said Harry. But Winky shook her head very hard, spilling more Butterbeer down herself. 'Winky keeps–hic–her master's secrets,' she said mutinously, swaying very heavily now, frowning up at Harry with her eyes crossed. 'You is–hic–nosing, you is.' 'Winky must not talk like that to Harry Potter!' said Dobby angrily. 'Harry Potter is brave and noble and Harry Potter is not nosy!' 'He is nosing–hic–into my master's–hic– private and secret–hic–Winky is a good house- elf–hic–Winky keeps her silence–hic–people trying to–hic–pry and poke–hic–' Winky's

“你知道，其他人都设法自己做家务，闪闪。”赫敏严厉地说。 “闪闪——不只是——闪闪——在给克劳奇先生做家务！”闪闪愤怒地尖叫着，摇晃得更厉害了，把黄油啤酒洒在她已经弄脏了的衬衫上。 “主人——把——最重要的——最——最秘密的——托付给闪闪——”哈利问。 但是闪闪使劲摇了摇头，又往自己身上洒了一些黄油啤酒。 “闪闪替——哎呀——她主人保守秘密。”她叛逆地说，身子使劲摇晃着，皱着眉头，交叉着眼睛望着哈利。 “你在哼鼻子，你在哼鼻子。“闪闪不许那样对哈利·波特说话！”多比生气地说。 “哈利·波特勇敢而高尚，哈利·波特不多管闲事！”“他钻进了——我主人的——呃——私人的、秘密的——呃——闪闪是个好房子——小精灵——呃——闪闪保持着沉默——人们试图——呃——窥探和戳——闪闪的家。

eyelids drooped and suddenly, without warning, she slid off her stool onto the hearth, snoring loudly. The empty bottle of Butterbeer rolled away across the stone-flagged floor. Half-a-dozen house-elves came hurrying forward, looking disgusted. One of them picked up the bottle, the others covered Winky with a large checked tablecloth and tucked the ends in neatly, hiding her from view. 'We is sorry you had to see that, sirs and miss!' squeaked a nearby elf, shaking his head and looking very ashamed. 'We is hoping you will not judge us all by Winky, sirs and miss!' 'She's unhappy!' said Hermione, exasperated. 'Why don't you try and cheer her up instead of covering her up?' 'Begging your pardon, miss,' said the house-elf, bowing deeply again, 'but house-elves has no right to be unhappy when there is work to be done and masters to be served.' 'Oh, for heaven's sake!' said Hermione angrily. 'Listen to me, all of you! You've got just as much right as wizards to be unhappy! You've got the

她眼皮耷拉下来，突然毫无征兆地从凳子上滑到炉边，大声地打着呼噜。 空瓶黄油啤酒滚过铺着石板的地板。 六七个家养小精灵匆匆走上前来，一脸厌恶。 其中一个拿起瓶子，其他人给闪闪盖上一块大格子桌布，把桌布的两端掖得整整齐齐，不让别人看到她。 “先生们小姐们，我们很抱歉让你们看到这一幕！”旁边的一个小精灵尖声说，摇着头，显得很惭愧。 “我们希望你们不要以闪闪来评价我们大家，先生们小姐们！”“她不快乐！”赫敏恼怒地说。 “你为什么不试着让她高兴起来，而不是把她蒙住？”“请原谅，小姐，”家养小精灵说，又深深地鞠了一躬，“但是家养小精灵没有权利不高兴，因为他们有工作要做，有主人要服侍。“啊，看在上帝的份上！”赫敏生气地说。 “你们都听我说！”你和巫师一样有权利不高兴！你得到了