16 In the Hog’s Head

CHAPTER SIXTEEN In the Hog's Head Hermione made no mention of Harry giving Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons for two whole weeks after her original suggestion. Harry's detentions with Umbridge were finally over (he doubted whether the words now etched into the back of his hand would ever fade entirely); Ron had had four more Quidditch practices and not been shouted at during the last two; and all three of them had managed to Vanish their mice in Transfiguration (Hermione had actually progressed to Vanishing kittens), before the subject was broached again, on a wild, blustery evening at the end of September, when the three of

第十六章在猪头酒吧赫敏原先建议哈利上黑魔法防御术课，后来整整两个星期都没有提。 哈利在乌姆里奇的关禁闭终于结束了（他怀疑现在刻在手背上的那些字是否会完全消失）；罗恩又进行了四次魁地奇训练，最后两次没有被人骂。他们三个人在变形课上都成功地让老鼠消失了（赫敏实际上已经学会了让小猫消失），直到九月底一个狂风肆虐的晚上，这个话题又被提起来

them were sitting in the library, looking up potion ingredients for Snape. 'I was wondering,' Hermione said suddenly, 'whether you'd thought any more about Defence Against the Dark Arts, Harry.' 'Course I have,' said Harry grumpily, 'can't forget it, can we, with that hag teaching us–' 'I meant the idea Ron and I had–' Ron cast her an alarmed, threatening kind of look. She frowned at him, '–Oh, all right, the idea I had, then– about you teaching us.' Harry did not answer at once. He pretended to be perusing a page of Asiatic Anti-Venoms, because he did not want to say what was in his mind. He had given the matter a great deal of thought over the past fortnight. Sometimes it seemed an insane idea, just as it had on the night Hermione had proposed it, but at others, he had found himself thinking about the spells that had served him best in his various encounters with Dark creatures and Death Eaters– found himself, in fact, subconsciously planning lessons…

他们坐在图书馆里，为斯内普查找魔药的配料。 “我在想，”赫敏突然说，“你有没有再考虑过黑魔法防御术，哈利。“我当然想过，”哈利暴躁地说，“忘不了，是不是，有那个妖婆教我们——”“我指的是我和罗恩的想法——”罗恩惊恐地、威胁地看了她一眼。 她朝他皱起眉头，“哦，好吧，那就是我想到的——你教我们的主意。”哈利没有马上回答。 他假装在看《亚洲抗毒液》，因为他不想把心里的想法说出来。 在过去的两个星期里，他对这件事想了很多。 有时，这似乎是一个疯狂的想法，就像赫敏提出这个想法的那天晚上一样，但在其他时候，他发现自己在思考那些在他与黑魔法生物和食死徒的各种遭遇中最有效的咒语——实际上，他发现自己在下意识地计划课程……

'Well,' he said slowly, when he could no longer pretend to find Asiatic Anti-Venoms interesting, 'yeah, I– I've thought about it a bit.' 'And?' said Hermione eagerly. 'I dunno,' said Harry, playing for time. He looked up at Ron. 'I thought it was a good idea from the start,' said Ron, who seemed keener to join in this conversation now that he was sure Harry was not going to start shouting again. Harry shifted uncomfortably in his chair. 'You did listen to what I said about a load of it being luck, didn't you?' 'Yes, Harry,' said Hermione gently, 'but all the same, there's no point pretending that you're not good at Defence Against the Dark Arts, because you are. You were the only person last year who could throw off the Imperius Curse completely, you can produce a Patronus, you can do all sorts of stuff that full-grown wizards can't, Viktor always said–'

“嗯，”他慢慢地说，他再也不能假装对《亚洲抗毒液》感兴趣了，“是啊，我——我想了一下。“然后呢?赫敏急切地问。 “我不知道。”哈利说，在拖延时间。 他抬头看着罗恩。“我从一开始就认为这是个好主意。”罗恩说，既然他确信哈利不会再大喊大叫了，他似乎更想加入这场谈话了。 哈利在椅子上不安地动了动。 “你确实听到了我说的运气好，是不是？”“是的，哈利，”赫敏温和地说，“不过，假装你不擅长黑魔法防御术是没有用的，因为你确实擅长。” 你是去年唯一一个能完全摆脱夺魂咒的人，你能变出守护神，你能做各种成年巫师做不到的事，威克多尔总是说——”

Ron looked round at her so fast he appeared to crick his neck. Rubbing it, he said, 'Yeah? What did Vicky say?' 'Ho ho,' said Hermione in a bored voice. 'He said Harry knew how to do stuff even he didn't, and he was in the final year at Durmstrang.' Ron was looking at Hermione suspiciously. 'You're not still in contact with him, are you?' 'So what if I am?' said Hermione coolly, though her face was a little pink. 'I can have a pen-pal if I–' 'He didn't only want to be your pen-pal,' said Ron accusingly. Hermione shook her head exasperatedly and, ignoring Ron, who was continuing to watch her, said to Harry, 'Well, what do you think? Will you teach us?' 'Just you and Ron, yeah?' 'Well,' said Hermione, looking a mite anxious again. 'Well… now, don't fly off the handle again, Harry, please… but I really think you ought to teach anyone who wants to learn. I mean,

罗恩飞快地扭头看了她一眼，脖子都要扭了。 他揉着手指说：“是吗？ 维姬说了什么？“嗬嗬。”赫敏不耐烦地说。 “他说哈利会做一些他不会做的事，而他是德姆斯特朗的最后一年级学生。”罗恩怀疑地看着赫敏。 “你不会还和他联系吧？”“就算我是又怎么样？”赫敏冷冷地说，虽然她的脸有点发红。 “他不只是想做你的笔友。”罗恩指责地说。 赫敏恼怒地摇了摇头，不顾继续看着她的罗恩，对哈利说：“好吧，你觉得怎么样？ 你会教我们吗？“只有你和罗恩，是吗？”“嗯，”赫敏说，看上去又有点焦虑了。 “好了……现在，哈利，请不要再发飙了……但我真的认为你应该教任何想学的人。” 我的意思是,

we're talking about defending ourselves against V- Voldemort. Oh, don't be pathetic, Ron. It doesn't seem fair if we don't offer the chance to other people.' Harry considered this for a moment, then said, 'Yeah, but I doubt anyone except you two would want to be taught by me. I'm a nutter, remember?' 'Well, I think you might be surprised how many people would be interested in hearing what you've got to say,' said Hermione seriously. 'Look,' she leaned towards him– Ron, who was still watching her with a frown on his face, leaned forwards to listen too– 'you know the first weekend in October's a Hogsmeade weekend? How would it be if we tell anyone who's interested to meet us in the village and we can talk it over?' 'Why do we have to do it outside school?' said Ron. 'Because,' said Hermione, returning to the diagram of the Chinese Chomping Cabbage she was copying, 'I don't think Umbridge would be very happy if she found out what we were up to.'

我们讨论的是如何抵御伏地魔。 哦，别这么可悲，罗恩。 如果我们不给其他人提供这个机会，这似乎不公平。”哈利想了一会儿，然后说：“是啊，但我怀疑除了你们俩，还有谁愿意听我的。 我是个疯子，记得吗？“嗯，我想你可能会感到惊讶，有那么多人对你要说的话感兴趣。”赫敏严肃地说。 “你看，”她朝他凑过去——罗恩仍然皱着眉头看着她，他也凑过去听着——“你知道十月份的第一个周末是霍格莫德村的周末吗？ 如果我们让任何感兴趣的人在村里和我们见面然后我们再谈谈怎么样？“我们为什么要在校外做呢？”罗恩说。 “因为，”赫敏说着，又回到她正在抄的中国咬白菜的图解上，“我想，如果乌姆里奇知道了我们在干什么，她会很不高兴的。”

Harry had been looking forward to the weekend trip into Hogsmeade, but there was one thing worrying him. Sirius had maintained a stony silence since he had appeared in the fire at the beginning of September; Harry knew they had made him angry by saying they didn't want him to come– but he still worried from time to time that Sirius might throw caution to the winds and turn up anyway. What were they going to do if the great black dog came bounding up the street towards them in Hogsmeade, perhaps under the nose of Draco Malfoy? 'Well, you can't blame him for wanting to get out and about,' said Ron, when Harry discussed his fears with him and Hermione. 'I mean, he's been on the run for over two years, hasn't he, and I know that can't have been a laugh, but at least he was free, wasn't he? And now he's just shut up all the time with that ghastly elf.' Hermione scowled at Ron, but otherwise ignored the slight on Kreacher. 'The trouble is,' she said to Harry, 'until V- Voldemort– oh, for heaven's sake, Ron– comes

哈利一直盼望着周末去霍格莫德村，但有一件事让他很担心。 小天狼星自从九月初出现在炉火里以来，就一直沉默不语。哈利知道他们说不想让他来，惹他生气了——但他还是不时担心小天狼星会不顾一切地出现。 如果那条大黑狗在霍格莫德村的街上蹦蹦跳跳地朝他们走来，也许就在德拉科·马尔福的鼻子底下，他们该怎么办呢？ “嗯，他想出去走走，这也不能怪他。”哈利跟他和赫敏谈起他的恐惧时，罗恩说。 “我的意思是，他已经在逃了两年多了，不是吗？我知道这不可能是个笑话，但至少他是自由的，不是吗？” 现在他整天跟那个可怕的小精灵关在一起。”赫敏对罗恩怒目而视，但没有理会他对克利切的轻蔑。 “问题是，”她对哈利说，“等伏地魔——哦，看在上帝的份上，罗恩——来了再说