28 Snape’s Worst Memory

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Snape's Worst Memory BY ORDER OF THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC Dolores Jane Umbridge (High Inquisitor) has replaced Albus Dumbledore as Head of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The above is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-eight. Signed: Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister for Magic

第二十八章魔法部命令斯内普最糟糕的回忆多洛雷斯·简·乌姆里奇（高级调查官）接替阿不思·邓布利多成为霍格沃茨魔法学校的校长。 以上内容依教育令第二十八条规定办理。 签名：魔法部部长康奈利·奥斯瓦尔德·福吉

The notices had gone up all around the school overnight, but they did not explain how every single person within the castle seemed to know that Dumbledore had overcome two Aurors, the High Inquisitor, the Minister for Magic and his Junior Assistant to escape. No matter where Harry went within the castle, the sole topic of conversation was Dumbledore's flight, and though some of the details may have gone awry in the retelling (Harry overheard one second-year girl assuring another that Fudge was now lying in St Mungo's with a pumpkin for a head) it was surprising how accurate the rest of their information was. Everybody knew, for instance, that Harry and Marietta were the only students to have witnessed the scene in Dumbledore's office and, as Marietta was now in the hospital wing, Harry found himself besieged with requests to give a firsthand account. 'Dumbledore will be back before long,' said Ernie Macmillan confidently on the way back from Herbology, after listening intently to Harry's story. 'They couldn't keep him away in our second

布告连夜贴满了学校，但没有解释为什么城堡里的每个人似乎都知道邓布利多战胜了两个傲罗、高级调查官、魔法部部长和他的初级助理逃走了。 不管哈利在城堡里走到哪里，唯一的话题都是邓布利多的逃跑，尽管在复述的过程中有些细节可能出了差错（哈利无意中听到一个二年级女孩向另一个女孩保证福吉现在躺在圣芒戈医院，脑袋是南瓜），但令人惊讶的是，他们的其他信息是如此准确。 比如，大家都知道，哈利和玛丽埃塔是唯一亲眼目睹邓布利多办公室里那一幕的学生，而玛丽埃塔现在住在医院里，哈利发现自己被要求提供第一手资料的人围住了。 “邓布利多很快就会回来的。”厄尼·麦克米伦在上完草药课回来的路上自信地说，他专心地听了哈利的故事。 “在我们第二秒的时候，他们没能把他赶走

year and they won't be able to this time. The Fat Friar told me–' he dropped his voice conspiratorially, so that Harry, Ron and Hermione had to lean closer to him to hear '–that Umbridge tried to get back into his office last night after they'd searched the castle and grounds for him. Couldn't get past the gargoyle. The Head's office has sealed itself against her.' Ernie smirked. 'Apparently, she had a right little tantrum.' 'Oh, I expect she really fancied herself sitting up there in the Head's office,' said Hermione viciously, as they walked up the stone steps into the Entrance Hall. 'Lording it over all the other teachers, the stupid puffed-up, power-crazy old–' 'Now, do you really want to finish that sentence, Granger?' Draco Malfoy had slid out from behind the door, followed by Crabbe and Goyle. His pale, pointed face was alight with malice. 'Afraid I'm going to have to dock a few points from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff,' he drawled. 'You can't take points from fellow prefects, Malfoy,' said Ernie at once.

今年，他们将无法做到这一点。 胖修士告诉我——”他阴谋地压低声音，哈利、罗恩和赫敏只好凑近他才能听见，“昨晚他们搜遍城堡和场地后，乌姆里奇试图回到他的办公室。 无法通过石像鬼。 校长办公室把她关了起来。”厄尼傻笑。 “很显然，她发了点小脾气。“哦，我想她是真的幻想自己坐在校长的办公室里。”他们走上石阶进入门厅时，赫敏恶狠狠地说。 “对所有其他老师都颐指气使，那个愚蠢的、自大的、痴迷权力的老——”“好了，你真的想把这句话说完吗，格兰杰？”德拉科·马尔福从门后溜了出来，后面跟着克拉布和高尔。 他那苍白的尖脸闪着恶意的光芒。 “恐怕我得扣掉格兰芬多和赫奇帕奇的几分。”他慢吞吞地说。 “你不能从级长那里扣分，马尔福。”厄尼马上说。

'I know prefects can't dock points from each other,' sneered Malfoy. Crabbe and Goyle sniggered. 'But members of the Inquisitorial Squad–' 'The what?' said Hermione sharply. 'The Inquisitorial Squad, Granger,' said Malfoy, pointing towards a tiny silver 'I' on his robes just beneath his prefect's badge. 'A select group of students who are supportive of the Ministry of Magic, hand-picked by Professor Umbridge. Anyway, members of the Inquisitorial Squad do have the power to dock points… so, Granger, I'll have five from you for being rude about our new Headmistress. Macmillan, five for contradicting me. Five because I don't like you, Potter. Weasley, your shirt's untucked, so I'll have another five for that. Oh yeah, I forgot, you're a Mudblood, Granger, so ten off for that.' Ron pulled out his wand, but Hermione pushed it away, whispering, 'Don't!' 'Wise move, Granger,' breathed Malfoy. 'New Head, new times… be good now, Potty… Weasel King…'

“我知道级长是不能互相扣分的。”马尔福讥笑道。 克拉布和高尔窃笑起来。 “可是调查行动组的成员——”赫敏厉声说。 “调查行动组，格兰杰。”马尔福指着他袍子上级长徽章下面的一个小小的银色“I”说。 “是一群支持魔法部的学生，由乌姆里奇教授精心挑选的。 不管怎么说，调查行动组的成员是有权扣分的……所以，格兰杰，因为你对我们的新校长无礼，我要扣你五分。 麦克米伦，反驳我，五分。 五个是因为我不喜欢你，波特。 韦斯莱，你的衬衫没塞进去，所以我再给你五块钱。 哦，对了，我忘了，你是泥巴种，格兰杰，所以扣掉十分。”罗恩抽出魔杖，但赫敏把它推开了，小声说：“不要！“干得好，格兰杰。”马尔福轻声说。 “新校长，新时代……乖乖的，波蒂……黄鼠狼王……”

Laughing heartily, he strode away with Crabbe and Goyle. 'He was bluffing,' said Ernie, looking appalled. 'He can't be allowed to dock points… that would be ridiculous… it would completely undermine the prefect system.' But Harry, Ron and Hermione had turned automatically towards the giant hour-glasses set in niches along the wall behind them, which recorded the house-points. Gryffindor and Ravenclaw had been neck and neck in the lead that morning. Even as they watched, stones flew upwards, reducing the amounts in the lower bulbs. In fact, the only glass that seemed unchanged was the emerald-filled one of Slytherin. 'Noticed, have you?' said Fred's voice. He and George had just come down the marble staircase and joined Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ernie in front of the hourglasses. 'Malfoy just docked us all about fifty points,' said Harry furiously, as they watched several more stones fly upwards from the Gryffindor hour- glass.

他哈哈大笑，和克拉布、高尔一起大步走开了。 “他在虚张声势，”厄尼说，一脸惊恐。 “他不能被扣分……那太荒谬了……那会彻底破坏级长制度。”但是哈利、罗恩和赫敏已经不由自主地转向了他们身后墙边壁龛里的巨大沙漏，上面记录着学院的分数。 那天早上，格兰芬多和拉文克劳一直并驾齐步地领先。 就在他们看着的时候，石头飞了起来，减少了下部鳞茎中的数量。 事实上，只有斯莱特林的那只装满绿宝石的杯子没有变。 “你注意到了吗？”弗雷德的声音说。 他和乔治刚刚走下大理石楼梯，和哈利、罗恩、赫敏和厄尼一起站在沙漏前。 “马尔福刚才给我们扣了大约五十分。”哈利愤怒地说，这时他们看到又有几块石头从格兰芬多的钟镜里飞了出来。

'Yeah, Montague tried to do us during break,' said George. 'What do you mean, "tried"?' said Ron quickly. 'He never managed to get all the words out,' said Fred, 'due to the fact that we forced him head-first into that Vanishing Cabinet on the first floor.' Hermione looked very shocked. 'But you'll get into terrible trouble!' 'Not until Montague reappears, and that could take weeks, I dunno where we sent him,' said Fred coolly. 'Anyway… we've decided we don't care about getting into trouble any more.' 'Have you ever?' asked Hermione. 'Course we have,' said George. 'Never been expelled, have we?' 'We've always known where to draw the line,' said Fred. 'We might have put a toe across it occasionally,' said George. 'But we've always stopped short of causing real mayhem,' said Fred.

“是啊，课间休息时蒙太想捉弄我们。”乔治说。 “你说‘尽力’是什么意思？”罗恩赶紧问。 “他没能把话说完，”弗雷德说，“因为我们把他的头朝下塞进了一楼的消失柜。”赫敏显得很震惊。 “可你会惹上大麻烦的！”“等蒙太回来再说，那可能要花好几个星期，我不知道我们把他送到哪儿去了。”弗雷德冷冷地说。 “不管怎样……我们已经决定不再担心惹麻烦了。“你有过吗？”赫敏问。 “当然了。”乔治说。 “我们从来没有被开除过，是不是？”“我们总是知道底线在哪里。”弗雷德说。 “我们可能偶尔会把脚趾踩在上面。”乔治说。 “但我们总是避免造成真正的混乱。”弗雷德说。