29 The Dream

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE The Dream 'It comes down to this,' said Hermione, rubbing her forehead. 'Either Mr Crouch attacked Viktor, or somebody else attacked both of them when Viktor wasn't looking.' 'It must've been Crouch,' said Ron at once. 'That's why he was gone when Harry and Dumbledore got there. He'd done a runner.' 'I don't think so,' said Harry, shaking his head. 'He seemed really weak–I don't reckon he was up to Disapparating or anything.' 'You can't Disapparate in the Hogwarts grounds, haven't I told you enough times?' said Hermione.

第二十九章梦“事情是这样的。”赫敏揉着额头说。 “不是克劳奇先生袭击了威克多尔，就是有人趁威克多尔不注意的时候袭击了他们俩。“一定是克劳奇。”罗恩马上说。 “所以哈利和邓布利多赶到那里时，他已经走了。 他跑了一圈。“我不这么认为。”哈利摇着头说。 “他看上去很虚弱——我认为他不会幻影移形之类的。“你不能在霍格沃茨的场地上幻影移形，我跟你说得还不够多吗？”赫敏说。

'OK… how's this for a theory,' said Ron excitedly, 'Krum attacked Crouch–no, wait for it–and then Stunned himself!' 'And Mr Crouch evaporated, did he?' said Hermione coldly. 'Oh, yeah…' It was daybreak. Harry, Ron and Hermione had crept out of their dormitories very early, and hurried up to the Owlery together to send a note to Sirius. Now they were standing looking out at the misty grounds. All three of them were puffy-eyed and pale, because they had been talking late into the night about Mr Crouch. 'Just go through it again, Harry,' said Hermione. 'What did Mr Crouch actually say?' 'I've told you, he wasn't making much sense,' said Harry. 'He said he wanted to warn Dumbledore about something. He definitely mentioned Bertha Jorkins, and he seemed to think she was dead. He kept saying stuff was his fault… he mentioned his son.' 'Well, that was his fault,' said Hermione testily.

“好吧……这个理论怎么样，”罗恩兴奋地说，“克鲁姆袭击了克劳奇——不，等等——然后把自己击昏了！“克劳奇先生蒸发了，是吗？”赫敏冷冷地说。 “哦，是的……”天刚亮。 哈利、罗恩和赫敏很早就溜出了宿舍，一起匆匆赶到猫头鹰棚屋，给小天狼星捎了封信。 现在他们站在那里，望着外面雾蒙蒙的场地。 他们三个人都眼圈浮肿，脸色苍白，因为他们一直谈论克劳奇先生到深夜。 “再看一遍，哈利。”赫敏说。 “克劳奇先生到底说了什么？”“我跟你说过了，他的话不太有道理。”哈利说。 “他说他想提醒邓布利多一件事。 他肯定提到了伯莎·乔金斯，而且他似乎认为她已经死了。 他一直说这都是他的错，还提到了他儿子。“唉，那是他的错。”赫敏不耐烦地说。

'He was out of his mind,' said Harry. 'Half the time he seemed to think his wife and son were still alive, and he kept talking to Percy about work and giving him instructions.' 'And… remind me what he said about You- Know-Who?' said Ron tentatively. 'I've told you,' Harry repeated dully. 'He said he's getting stronger.' There was a pause. Then Ron said in a falsely confident voice, 'But he was out of his mind, like you said, so half of it was probably just raving…' 'He was sanest when he was trying to talk about Voldemort,' said Harry, ignoring Ron's wince. 'He was having real trouble stringing two words together, but that was when he seemed to know where he was, and know what he wanted to do. He just kept saying he had to see Dumbledore.' Harry turned away from the window and stared up into the rafters. Half the many perches were empty; every now and then, another owl would swoop in through one of the windows, returning from its night's hunting with a mouse in its beak.

“他疯了。”哈利说。 他似乎有一半的时间认为他的妻子和儿子还活着，他不停地和珀西谈论工作，给他下达指示。“还有……提醒我一下他是怎么说神秘人的？”罗恩试探地问。 “我告诉过你。”哈利沉闷地重复道。 他说他越来越强壮了。一阵沉默。 然后罗恩装出一副自信的样子说：“但他是疯了，就像你说的那样，所以一半可能只是胡言乱语……”“他试图谈论伏地魔的时候是最清醒的。” “他真的很难把两个词连在一起，但那时他似乎知道自己在哪里，知道自己想做什么。 他一直说他要见邓布利多。”哈利从窗口转过身来，抬头望着椽子。 许多栖木有一半是空的；每隔一段时间，另一只猫头鹰会从一扇窗户飞进来，嘴里叼着一只老鼠。

'If Snape hadn't held me up,' Harry said bitterly, 'we might've got there in time. "The Headmaster is busy, Potter… what's this rubbish, Potter?" Why couldn't he have just got out of the way?' 'Maybe he didn't want you to get there!' said Ron quickly. 'Maybe–hang on–how fast d'you reckon he could've got down to the Forest? D'you reckon he could've beaten you and Dumbledore there?' 'Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something,' said Harry. 'Wouldn't put it past him,' Ron muttered. 'We need to see Professor Moody,' said Hermione. 'We need to find out whether he found Mr Crouch.' 'If he had the Marauder's Map on him, it would've been easy,' said Harry. ikcjeo. 'Unless Crouch was already outside the grounds,' said Ron, 'because it only shows up to the boundaries, doesn't–' 'Shh!' said Hermione suddenly.

“要不是斯内普拦住我，”哈利痛苦地说，“我们也许能及时赶到那里。 “校长很忙，波特……这是什么废话，波特？”他为什么就不能让路呢？“也许他不想让你到那儿去！”罗恩赶紧问。 “也许——等等——你估计他能多快赶到禁林？” 你认为他会比你和邓布利多先到那里吗？“除非他能把自己变成蝙蝠什么的。”哈利说。 “他也有可能。”罗恩低声说。 “我们要见穆迪教授。”赫敏说。 “我们得弄清楚他是否找到了克劳奇先生。“如果他身上带着活点地图，那就容易多了。”哈利说。 “除非克劳奇已经在场地外面了，”罗恩说，“因为它只出现在场地边界上，不是——”赫敏突然问。

Somebody was climbing the steps up to the Owlery. Harry could hear two voices arguing, coming closer and closer. '–that's blackmail, that is, we could get into a lot of trouble for that–' '–we've tried being polite, it's time to play dirty, like him. He wouldn't like the Ministry of Magic knowing what he did–' 'I'm telling you, if you put that in writing, it's blackmail!' 'Yeah, and you won't be complaining if we get a nice fat payoff, will you?' The Owlery door banged open. Fred and George came over the threshold, then froze at the sight of Harry, Ron and Hermione. 'What're you doing here?' Ron and Fred said at the same time. 'Sending a letter,' said Harry and George in unison. 'What, at this time?' said Hermione and Fred. Fred grinned. 'Fine–we won't ask you what you're doing, if you don't ask us,' he said.

有人正在爬上猫头鹰棚屋的台阶。 哈利听见两个声音在争吵，越来越近。 “ -那是勒索，也就是说，我们会因此惹上大麻烦的- ” -我们已经试着礼貌些了，现在是耍阴招的时候了，像他一样。 他不想让魔法部知道他做了什么——”“我告诉你，如果你把这些写下来，那就是勒索！“是啊，如果我们得到一笔丰厚的报酬，你就不会抱怨了，是吗？”猫头鹰棚屋的门砰地一声开了。 弗雷德和乔治跨进门槛，一看到哈利、罗恩和赫敏就僵住了。 “你在这儿干什么？”罗恩和弗雷德异口同声地说。 “寄信。”哈利和乔治异口同声地说。 “什么，在这个时候？”赫敏和弗雷德说。 弗雷德笑了。“好吧，如果你不问我们，我们就不问你在干什么，”他说。

He was holding a sealed envelope in his hands. Harry glanced at it, but Fred, whether accidentally or on purpose, shifted his hand so that the name on it was covered. 'Well, don't let us hold you up,' he said, making a mock bow, and pointing at the door. Ron didn't move. 'Who're you blackmailing?' he said. The grin vanished from Fred's face. Harry saw George half glance at Fred, before smiling at Ron. 'Don't be stupid, I was only joking,' he said easily. 'Didn't sound like that,' said Ron. Fred and George looked at each other. Then Fred said abruptly, 'I've told you before, Ron, keep your nose out if you like it the shape it is. Can't see why you would, but–' 'It's my business if you're blackmailing someone,' said Ron. 'George's right, you could end up in serious trouble for that.' 'Told you, I was joking,' said George. He walked over to Fred, pulled the letter out of his

他手里拿着一个密封的信封。 哈利瞥了一眼，弗雷德不知是故意还是无意，把手移了移，遮住了上面的名字。 “好吧，别让我们耽误你的时间，”他假装鞠了一躬，指着门说。 罗恩没有动。“你在勒索谁？”他说。 弗雷德脸上的笑容消失了。 哈利看见乔治瞥了弗雷德一眼，然后朝罗恩微笑。 “别傻了，我只是开个玩笑，”他轻松地说。 “听起来不像。”罗恩说。 弗雷德和乔治面面相觑。 弗雷德突然说：“我早就告诉过你，罗恩，如果你喜欢它现在的样子，就别多管闲事。 我不明白你为什么要这样做，但是——”“如果你在勒索别人，那是我的事。”罗恩说。 “乔治说得对，你可能会因此惹上大麻烦。“告诉过你，我是开玩笑的，”乔治说。 他走到弗雷德跟前，把信从他手里抽出来