6 The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black

CHAPTER SIX The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black Mrs Weasley followed them upstairs looking grim. 'I want you all to go straight to bed, no talking,' she said as they reached the first landing, 'we've got a busy day tomorrow. I expect Ginny's asleep,' she added to Hermione, 'so try not to wake her up.' 'Asleep, yeah, right,' said Fred in an undertone, after Hermione bade them goodnight and they were climbing to the next floor. 'If Ginny's not lying awake waiting for Hermione to tell her everything they said downstairs then I'm a Flobberworm…'

第六章高贵而古老的黑房子韦斯莱夫人跟着他们上楼，脸色阴沉。 “我要你们都马上上床睡觉，不许说话，”他们走到第一层楼梯平台时，她说，“明天我们会很忙的。 “我想金妮睡着了，”她又对赫敏说，“所以尽量别吵醒她。“睡着了，是啊，对。”赫敏跟他们道了晚安，他们上楼后，弗雷德低声说。 “如果金妮没有醒着躺在那里等着赫敏把他们在楼下说的一切都告诉她，那么我就是一只弗洛伯虫……”

'All right, Ron, Harry,' said Mrs Weasley on the second landing, pointing them into their bedroom. 'Off to bed with you.' ''Night,' Harry and Ron said to the twins. 'Sleep tight,' said Fred, winking. Mrs Weasley closed the door behind Harry with a sharp snap. The bedroom looked, if anything, even danker and gloomier than it had on first sight. The blank picture on the wall was now breathing very slowly and deeply, as though its invisible occupant was asleep. Harry put on his pyjamas, took off his glasses and climbed into his chilly bed while Ron threw Owl Treats up on top of the wardrobe to pacify Hedwig and Pigwidgeon, who were clattering around and rustling their wings restlessly. 'We can't let them out to hunt every night,' Ron explained as he pulled on his maroon pyjamas. 'Dumbledore doesn't want too many owls swooping around the square, thinks it'll look suspicious. Oh yeah… I forgot…' He crossed to the door and bolted it. 'What're you doing that for?'

“好了，罗恩，哈利。”韦斯莱夫人在二楼楼梯平台上说，指着他们进了卧室。 “跟你上床去吧。“晚安。”哈利和罗恩对双胞胎说。 “睡个好觉。”弗雷德眨眨眼说。 韦斯莱夫人啪的一声关上了哈利身后的门。 如果说卧室有什么不同的话，那就是比第一眼看到时更阴暗了。 墙上那幅空白的画正在缓慢而深沉地呼吸着，仿佛它的隐形主人睡着了。 哈利穿上睡衣，摘下眼镜，爬上冰冷的床，罗恩把猫头鹰吃的往衣柜上扔，安抚海德薇和小猪，它们正在叽叽喳喳地飞来飞去，不安地拍打着翅膀。 “我们不能让他们每天晚上出去打猎。”罗恩一边解释一边穿上他的栗色睡衣。 “邓布利多不希望有太多的猫头鹰在广场上飞来飞去，他觉得这会显得很可疑。 他走到门口，栓上了门。 “你为什么要这样做？”

'Kreacher,' said Ron as he turned off the light. 'First night I was here he came wandering in at three in the morning. Trust me, you don't want to wake up and find him prowling around your room. Anyway…' he got into his bed, settled down under the covers then turned to look at Harry in the darkness; Harry could see his outline by the moonlight filtering in through the grimy window, 'what d'you reckon?' Harry didn't need to ask what Ron meant. 'Well, they didn't tell us much we couldn't have guessed, did they?' he said, thinking of all that had been said downstairs. 'I mean, all they've really said is that the Order's trying to stop people joining Vol—' There was a sharp intake of breath from Ron. '—demort,' said Harry firmly. 'When are you going to start using his name? Sirius and Lupin do.' Ron ignored this last comment. 'Yeah, you're right,' he said, 'we already knew nearly everything they told us, from using the Extendable Ears. The only new bit was–'

“克利切。”罗恩说着关上了灯。 “我来这儿的第一个晚上，他凌晨三点就溜达进来了。 相信我，你不会想一觉醒来发现他在你房间里鬼鬼祟祟的。 不管怎样……”他上了床，盖上被子，然后转身在黑暗中看着哈利。月光透过肮脏的窗户照进来，哈利可以看到他的轮廓。“你说呢？”哈利用不着问罗恩是什么意思。 “嗯，他们没有告诉我们很多我们猜不到的事情，是不是？”他说，想起了楼下说过的话。 “我的意思是，他们实际上只是说凤凰社在努力阻止人们加入伏地——”罗恩猛地吸了一口气。 “——伏地魔。”哈利坚定地说。 “你什么时候开始用他的名字？” 小天狼星和卢平知道。”罗恩没有理会最后这句话。 “是啊，你说得对，”他说，“从使用伸缩耳开始，他们告诉我们的一切我们几乎都已经知道了。 唯一的新地方是——”

Crack. 'OUCH!' 'Keep your voice down, Ron, or Mum'll be back up here.' 'You two just Apparated on my knees!' 'Yeah, well, it's harder in the dark.' Harry saw the blurred outlines of Fred and George leaping down from Ron's bed. There was a groan of bedsprings and Harry's mattress descended a few inches as George sat down near his feet. 'So, got there yet?' said George eagerly. 'The weapon Sirius mentioned?' said Harry. 'Let slip, more like,' said Fred with relish, now sitting next to Ron. 'We didn't hear about that on the old Extendables, did we?' 'What d'you reckon it is?' said Harry. 'Could be anything,' said Fred. 'But there can't be anything worse than the Avada Kedavra Curse, can there?' said Ron. 'What's worse than death?'

裂缝。“哎哟!”“小声点，罗恩，不然妈妈就要上来了。”“你们俩刚才在我膝盖上幻影显形了！”“是啊，可是在黑暗中更难。”哈利模糊地看到弗雷德和乔治从罗恩的床上跳了下来。 床上的弹簧发出一声呻吟，哈利的床垫下降了几英寸，乔治在他脚边坐了下来。 “那么，到那儿了吗？”乔治急切地问。 “小天狼星提到的武器？”哈利问。 “更像是走漏了嘴。”弗雷德津津有味地说，现在他坐在罗恩旁边。 “我们在旧的可扩展装置上没有听说过这个，是不是？”“你认为是什么？”哈利问。 “什么都有可能。”弗雷德说。 “但是不可能有比阿瓦达索命咒更坏的东西了，是不是？”罗恩说。 “还有什么比死更糟糕的呢？”

'Maybe it's something that can kill loads of people at once,' suggested George. 'Maybe it's some particularly painful way of killing people,' said Ron fearfully. 'He's got the Cruciatus Curse for causing pain,' said Harry, 'he doesn't need anything more efficient than that.' There was a pause and Harry knew that the others, like him, were wondering what horrors this weapon could perpetrate. 'So who d'you think's got it now?' asked George. 'I hope it's our side,' said Ron, sounding slightly nervous. 'If it is, Dumbledore's probably keeping it,' said Fred. 'Where?' said Ron quickly. 'Hogwarts?' 'Bet it is!' said George. 'That's where he hid the Philosopher's Stone.' 'A weapon's going to be a lot bigger than the Stone, though!' said Ron. 'Not necessarily,' said Fred.

“也许是一种能一下子杀死很多人的东西。”乔治建议道。 “也许这是一种特别痛苦的杀人方式。”罗恩害怕地说。 “他有使人痛苦的钻心咒，”哈利说，“他不需要比这个更有效的东西了。”沉默了一下，哈利知道其他人和他一样，都在想这件武器会造成什么样的恐怖。 “那么你认为现在谁得到了它？”乔治问。 “我希望是我们这边。”罗恩说，声音有些紧张。 “如果是的话，邓布利多可能留着它。”弗雷德说。 “在哪里?罗恩赶紧问。 “霍格沃茨?“肯定是！”乔治说。 “那就是他藏魔法石的地方。“不过，一件武器会比魔法石大得多！”罗恩说。 “不一定。”弗雷德说。

'Yeah, size is no guarantee of power,' said George. 'Look at Ginny.' 'What d'you mean?' said Harry. 'You've never been on the receiving end of one of her Bat-Bogey Hexes, have you?' 'Shhh!' said Fred, half-rising from the bed. 'Listen!' They fell silent. Footsteps were coming up the stairs. 'Mum,' said George and without further ado there was a loud crack and Harry felt the weight vanish from the end of his bed. A few seconds later, they heard the floorboard creak outside their door; Mrs Weasley was plainly listening to check whether or not they were talking. Hedwig and Pigwidgeon hooted dolefully. The floorboard creaked again and they heard her heading upstairs to check on Fred and George. 'She doesn't trust us at all, you know,' said Ron regretfully. Harry was sure he would not be able to fall asleep; the evening had been so packed with

“是啊，大小并不能保证力量。”乔治说。 “看看金妮。“你这是什么意思？”哈利问。 “你从来没有受到过她的蝙蝠魔咒吧？”“嘘!弗雷德说，半从床上站起来。 “听!”他们沉默了。 楼梯上传来了脚步声。 “妈妈。”乔治说，话音刚落，就听见一声巨响，哈利感到床尾的重量消失了。 几秒钟后，他们听到门外地板嘎吱作响；韦斯莱夫人只是在听，想看看他们是不是在说话。 海德薇和小猪悲哀地叫着。 地板又吱吱作响了，他们听见她上楼去看弗雷德和乔治。 “你知道，她根本不信任我们。”罗恩遗憾地说。 哈利确信他是睡不着的。这个晚上太热闹了