8 The Hearing

CHAPTER EIGHT The Hearing Harry gasped; he could not help himself. The large dungeon he had entered was horribly familiar. He had not only seen it before, he had been here before. This was the place he had visited inside Dumbledore's Pensieve, the place where he had watched the Lestranges sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. The walls were made of dark stone, dimly lit by torches. Empty benches rose on either side of him, but ahead, in the highest benches of all, were many shadowy figures. They had been talking in low voices, but as the heavy door swung closed behind Harry an ominous silence fell. A cold male voice rang across the courtroom.

第八章听证会哈利倒吸了一口冷气。他忍不住了。 他刚才走进的那间大地牢熟悉得可怕。 他不仅以前见过它，而且以前来过这里。 这就是他在邓布利多的冥想盆里去过的地方，就是他目睹莱斯特兰奇夫妇被判在阿兹卡班终身监禁的地方。 墙壁是用深色的石头砌成的，点着火把，光线昏暗。 他的两边都是空板凳，但在前面最高的板凳上，有许多影子。 他们一直在低声交谈，但当沉重的门在哈利身后关上时，一阵不祥的寂静降临了。 一个冰冷的男性声音响彻法庭。

'You're late.' 'Sorry,' said Harry nervously. 'I– I didn't know the time had been changed.' 'That is not the Wizengamot's fault,' said the voice. 'An owl was sent to you this morning. Take your seat.' Harry dropped his gaze to the chair in the centre of the room, the arms of which were covered in chains. He had seen those chains spring to life and bind whoever sat between them. His footsteps echoed loudly as he walked across the stone floor. When he sat gingerly on the edge of the chair the chains clinked threateningly, but did not bind him. Feeling rather sick, he looked up at the people seated at the bench above. There were about fifty of them, all, as far as he could see, wearing plum-coloured robes with an elaborately worked silver 'W' on the left-hand side of the chest and all staring down their noses at him, some with very austere expressions, others looks of frank curiosity. In the very middle of the front row sat Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic. Fudge

“你迟到了。“对不起。”哈利紧张地说。 “我——我不知道时间改了。“这不是威森加摩的错。”那声音说。 “今天早上派了一只猫头鹰来找你。 请坐。”哈利把目光落在屋子中央的椅子上，椅子的扶手上挂着铁链。 他曾见过那些铁链活络起来，把坐在铁链中间的人捆在一起。 他走过石头地板时，脚步声发出响亮的回声。 当他小心翼翼地坐在椅子边上时，铁链吓人地叮当作响，但并没有把他绑住。 他感到很不舒服，抬头看了看坐在上面长凳上的人。 就他所能看到的，他们大约有五十个人，都穿着紫红色的长袍，胸前左手边有一个做工精细的银色“W”字，全都从鼻子下面盯着他，有的表情严肃，有的则露出坦率的好奇。 魔法部部长康奈利·福吉坐在前排最中间。 福吉

was a portly man who often sported a lime-green bowler hat, though today he had dispensed with it; he had dispensed, too, with the indulgent smile he had once worn when he spoke to Harry. A broad, square-jawed witch with very short grey hair sat on Fudge's left; she wore a monocle and looked forbidding. On Fudge's right was another witch, but she was sitting so far back on the bench that her face was in shadow. 'Very well,' said Fudge. 'The accused being present– finally– let us begin. Are you ready?' he called down the row. 'Yes, sir,' said an eager voice Harry knew. Ron's brother Percy was sitting at the very end of the front bench. Harry looked at Percy, expecting some sign of recognition from him, but none came. Percy's eyes, behind his horn-rimmed glasses, were fixed on his parchment, a quill poised in his hand. 'Disciplinary hearing of the twelfth of August,' said Fudge in a ringing voice, and Percy began taking notes at once, 'into offences committed under the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of

他是个胖胖的男人，经常戴着一顶石灰绿色的圆顶硬礼帽，不过今天他已经不戴了；他也不再像以前对哈利说话时那样露出宽容的微笑了。 一个胖胖的、方下巴的、灰白短发的女巫坐在福吉的左边。她戴着一副单片眼镜，看上去令人生畏。 福吉的右边是另一个女巫，但她坐在长凳上靠后很远的地方，脸被阴影遮住了。 “很好。”福吉说。“被告终于出庭了——让我们开始吧。 你准备好了吗？他朝那排人喊道。 “是的，先生。”哈利熟悉的一个急切的声音说。 罗恩的哥哥珀西坐在前排长凳的最末端。 哈利看着珀西，以为他会认出他来，可是什么也没有。 珀西的眼睛在角框眼镜后面，盯着他的羊皮纸，手里拿着一支羽毛笔。 “8月12日的纪律听证会，”福吉用洪亮的声音说，珀西立刻开始记笔记，“是关于违反《合理限制……法令》的罪行的

Underage Sorcery and the International Statute of Secrecy by Harry James Potter, resident at number four, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey. 'Interrogators: Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister for Magic; Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister. Court Scribe, Percy Ignatius Weasley–' 'Witness for the defence, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore,' said a quiet voice from behind Harry, who turned his head so fast he cricked his neck. Dumbledore was striding serenely across the room wearing long midnight-blue robes and a perfectly calm expression. His long silver beard and hair gleamed in the torchlight as he drew level with Harry and looked up at Fudge through the half-moon spectacles that rested halfway down his very crooked nose. The members of the Wizengamot were muttering. All eyes were now on Dumbledore. Some looked annoyed, others slightly frightened;

《未成年巫术与国际保密法》，哈利·詹姆斯·波特著，住在萨里郡小惠金区女贞路四号。 “审问者：魔法部部长康奈利·奥斯瓦尔德·福吉；阿米莉亚·苏珊·博恩斯，魔法法律执行司司长；多洛雷斯·简·乌姆里奇，部长的高级副秘书。 “辩方证人，阿不思·珀西瓦尔·伍尔弗里克·布莱恩·邓布利多。”哈利身后一个平静的声音说，哈利转过头太快，扭断了脖子。 邓布利多穿着深蓝色的长袍，神情平静地大步穿过房间。 他和哈利站在同一高度，透过那副半月形的眼镜望着福吉，那副眼镜耷拉在他那非常歪的鼻子上。 威森加摩的成员在窃窃私语。 所有的目光都集中在邓布利多身上。 有些人看起来很生气，有些人有点害怕；

two elderly witches in the back row, however, raised their hands and waved in welcome. A powerful emotion had risen in Harry's chest at the sight of Dumbledore, a fortified, hopeful feeling rather like that which phoenix song gave him. He wanted to catch Dumbledore's eye, but Dumbledore was not looking his way; he was continuing to look up at the obviously flustered Fudge. 'Ah,' said Fudge, who looked thoroughly disconcerted. 'Dumbledore. Yes. You–er– got our–er– message that the time and–er– place of the hearing had been changed, then?' 'I must have missed it,' said Dumbledore cheerfully. 'However, due to a lucky mistake I arrived at the Ministry three hours early, so no harm done.' 'Yes– well–I suppose we'll need another chair– I– Weasley, could you–?' 'Not to worry, not to worry,' said Dumbledore pleasantly; he took out his wand, gave it a little flick, and a squashy chintz armchair appeared out of nowhere next to Harry. Dumbledore sat down,

然而，后排的两个老女巫举起手，挥手表示欢迎。 一看到邓布利多，哈利的胸膛里就升起了一种强烈的感情，一种强烈的、充满希望的感觉，就像凤凰的歌声带给他的那样。 他想吸引邓布利多的目光，但邓布利多没有朝他这边看。他继续抬头看着显然慌张的福吉。 “啊。”福吉说，他显得十分不安。 ”邓布利多。是的。你收到我的消息说听证会的时间和地点都改了，是吗？“我一定是错过了。”邓布利多高兴地说。 “不过，由于一个幸运的错误，我提前三个小时到了魔法部，所以没有造成伤害。“是的——嗯——我想我们还需要一把椅子——我——韦斯莱，你能——？”“别担心，别担心。”邓布利多愉快地说。他拿出魔杖，轻轻一挥，一把软软的印花棉布扶手椅不知从哪里冒出来，出现在哈利身边。 邓布利多坐下，

put the tips of his long fingers together and looked at Fudge over them with an expression of polite interest. The Wizengamot was still muttering and fidgeting restlessly; only when Fudge spoke again did they settle down. 'Yes,' said Fudge again, shuffling his notes. 'Well, then. So. The charges. Yes.' He extricated a piece of parchment from the pile before him, took a deep breath, and read out, 'The charges against the accused are as follows: 'That he did knowingly, deliberately and in full awareness of the illegality of his actions, having received a previous written warning from the Ministry of Magic on a similar charge, produce a Patronus Charm in a Muggle-inhabited area, in the presence of a Muggle, on the second of August at twenty-three minutes past nine, which constitutes an offence under Paragraph C of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, 1875, and also under Section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy.

他把长长的手指尖合在一起，带着礼貌而感兴趣的表情看着福吉。 威森加摩的人还在喃喃自语，坐立不安。福吉又说话了，他们才安静下来。 “是的。”福吉又说了一遍，一边把他的笔记翻来翻去。 “那么。所以。这些指控。 是的。”他从面前的一堆羊皮纸中抽出一张，深深地吸了一口气，念了出来：“对被告的指控如下：“他明知、故意并充分意识到自己的行为是违法的，此前曾因类似指控收到魔法部的书面警告，于8月2日9点23分当着一名麻瓜的面，在麻瓜居住的地区施了一个守护神咒，根据1875年《合理限制未成年巫师法令》C段的规定，这已构成犯罪。也违反了《国际巫师联合会保密法》第13条。