13 The Secret Riddle

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Secret Riddle Katie was removed to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries the following day, by which time the news that she had been cursed had spread all over the school, though the details were confused and nobody other than Harry, Ron, Hermione and Leanne seemed to know that Katie herself had not been the intended target. 'Oh, and Malfoy knows, of course,' said Harry to Ron and Hermione, who continued their new policy of feigning deafness whenever Harry mentioned his Malfoy-is-a-Death-Eater theory. Harry had wondered whether Dumbledore would return from wherever he had been in time for Monday night's lesson, but having had no

第十三章秘密谜语第二天，凯蒂被转移到圣芒戈魔法伤病医院，这时她中了魔咒的消息已经传遍了全校，不过具体情况还不清楚，除了哈利、罗恩、赫敏和利恩，似乎谁也不知道凯蒂本人并不是魔咒的目标。 “哦，马尔福当然知道了。”哈利对罗恩和赫敏说。每当哈利提起他的马尔福是食死徒理论，他们就继续装聋作哑。 哈利本想知道邓布利多去了哪里，能不能及时赶回来参加星期一晚上的课，但他没有

word to the contrary, he presented himself outside Dumbledore's office at eight o'clock, knocked, and was told to enter. There sat Dumbledore, looking unusually tired; his hand was as black and burned as ever, but he smiled when he gestured to Harry to sit down. The Pensieve was sitting on the desk again, casting silvery specks of light over the ceiling. 'You have had a busy time while I have been away,' Dumbledore said. 'I believe you witnessed Katie's accident.' 'Yes, sir. How is she?' 'Still very unwell, although she was relatively lucky. She appears to have brushed the necklace with the smallest possible amount of skin: there was a tiny hole in her glove. Had she put it on, had she even held it in her ungloved hand, she would have died, perhaps instantly. Luckily Professor Snape was able to do enough to prevent a rapid spread of the curse–' 'Why him?' asked Harry quickly. 'Why not Madam Pomfrey?'

恰恰相反，八点钟的时候，他出现在邓布利多的办公室外面，敲了敲门，邓布利多叫他进去。 邓布利多坐在那里，显得异常疲惫。他的手像以前一样又黑又烫，但他微笑着示意哈利坐下。 冥想盆又坐在桌子上，在天花板上投下银色的光。 “我不在的这段时间你可忙了。”邓布利多说。 “我相信你目睹了凯蒂的事故。“是的，先生。” 她怎么样了？”“还是很不舒服，虽然她比较幸运。 她似乎用尽可能少的皮肤擦过项链：她的手套上有一个小洞。 如果她戴上它，甚至把它拿在她未戴手套的手上，她就会死去，也许是当场死去。 幸运的是，斯内普教授采取了足够的措施，阻止了咒语的迅速传播——”“为什么是他？哈利赶紧问。 “为什么不是庞弗雷夫人？”

'Impertinent,' said a soft voice from one of the portraits on the wall, and Phineas Nigellus Black, Sirius's great-great-grandfather, raised his head from his arms where he had appeared to be sleeping. 'I would not have permitted a student to question the way Hogwarts operated in my day.' 'Yes, thank you, Phineas,' said Dumbledore quellingly. 'Professor Snape knows much more about the Dark Arts than Madam Pomfrey, Harry. Anyway, the St Mungo's staff are sending me hourly reports and I am hopeful that Katie will make a full recovery in time.' 'Where were you this weekend, sir?' Harry asked, disregarding a strong feeling that he might be pushing his luck, a feeling apparently shared by Phineas Nigellus, who hissed softly. 'I would rather not say just now,' said Dumbledore. 'However, I shall tell you in due course.' 'You will?' said Harry, startled. 'Yes, I expect so,' said Dumbledore, withdrawing a fresh bottle of silver memories

“无礼。”墙上的一幅肖像里传来一个柔和的声音，小天狼星的曾曾祖父菲尼亚斯·奈杰勒斯·布莱克从他好像睡着的胳膊上抬起头来。 “在我那个年代，我不会允许学生质疑霍格沃茨的运作方式。“是的，谢谢你，菲尼亚斯。”邓布利多平静地说。 “斯内普教授比庞弗雷夫人懂得黑魔法多了，哈利。 不管怎样，圣芒戈医院的工作人员每小时都会给我发报告，我希望凯蒂能及时完全康复。“这个周末你去哪儿了，先生？”哈利问，他不顾自己可能太得寸进寸进的强烈感觉，菲尼亚斯·奈杰勒斯显然也有这种感觉，他轻轻地发出嘶嘶声。 “我现在不想说。”邓布利多说。 “不过，我会在适当的时候告诉你的。“你愿意吗？”哈利吃惊地问。 “是的，我想是这样。”邓布利多说着，取出了一瓶银色的回忆

from inside his robes and uncorking it with a prod of his wand. 'Sir,' said Harry tentatively, 'I met Mundungus in Hogsmeade.' 'Ah, yes, I am already aware that Mundungus has been treating your inheritance with light- fingered contempt,' said Dumbledore, frowning a little. 'He has gone to ground since you accosted him outside the Three Broomsticks; I rather think he dreads facing me. However, rest assured that he will not be making away with any more of Sirius's old possessions.' 'That mangy old half-blood has been stealing Black heirlooms?' said Phineas Nigellus, incensed; and he stalked out of his frame, undoubtedly to visit his portrait in number twelve, Grimmauld Place. 'Professor,' said Harry, after a short pause, 'did Professor McGonagall tell you what I told her after Katie got hurt? About Draco Malfoy?' 'She told me of your suspicions, yes,' said Dumbledore. 'And do you–?'

从袍子里抽出来，用魔杖一戳，打开了它。 “先生，”哈利试探地说，“我在霍格莫德村遇到蒙顿格斯。“啊，是的，我已经知道蒙顿格斯对你继承的遗产不屑一顾。”邓布利多微微皱着眉头说。 “自从你在三把扫帚外面跟他搭讪以后，他就不见了。我倒觉得他害怕面对我。 不过，请放心，他不会再拿走小天狼星的旧东西了。“那个肮脏的老杂种一直在偷布莱克家的传家宝？”菲尼亚斯·奈杰勒斯生气地说。他大步走出画框，无疑是去拜访格里莫广场12号他的肖像。 “教授，”哈利停了一会儿说，“麦格教授有没有把我在凯蒂受伤后对她说的话告诉你？ 关于德拉科·马尔福？“是的，她把你的怀疑告诉了我。”邓布利多说。 “那你——？”

'I shall take all appropriate measures to investigate anyone who might have had a hand in Katie's accident,' said Dumbledore. 'But what concerns me now, Harry, is our lesson.' Harry felt slightly resentful at this: if their lessons were so very important, why had there been such a long gap between the first and second? However, he said no more about Draco Malfoy, but watched as Dumbledore poured the fresh memories into the Pensieve, and began swirling the stone basin once more between his long-fingered hands. 'You will remember, I am sure, that we left the tale of Lord Voldemort's beginnings at the point where the handsome Muggle, Tom Riddle, had abandoned his witch wife, Merope, and returned to his family home in Little Hangleton. Merope was left alone in London, expecting the baby who would one day become Lord Voldemort.' 'How do you know she was in London, sir?' 'Because of the evidence of one Caractacus Burke,' said Dumbledore, 'who, by an odd

“我将采取一切适当措施，调查任何可能与凯蒂的事故有关的人。”邓布利多说。 “可是，哈利，我现在关心的是我们的功课。”哈利听了有点不高兴：既然他们的课那么重要，为什么第一节课和第二节课间隔这么长？ 不过，他没有再提德拉科·马尔福，只是看着邓布利多把这些新鲜的记忆倒进冥想盆，然后又开始在他修长的手指间转动石盆。 “我相信你还记得，我们讲伏地魔的故事开始时，讲的是英俊的麻瓜汤姆·里德尔抛弃了他的女巫妻子梅洛普，回到了他在小汉格顿的家。 梅洛普一个人留在伦敦，等着那个将来会成为伏地魔的孩子。“您怎么知道她在伦敦，先生？”“因为有一个叫卡拉塔克斯·伯克的人作证，”邓布利多说，“他，奇怪的是……

coincidence, helped found the very shop whence came the necklace we have just been discussing.' He swilled the contents of the Pensieve as Harry had seen him swill them before, much as a gold prospector sifts for gold. Up out of the swirling, silvery mass rose a little old man, revolving slowly in the Pensieve, silver as a ghost but much more solid, with a thatch of hair that completely covered his eyes. 'Yes, we acquired it in curious circumstances. It was brought in by a young witch just before Christmas, oh, many years ago now. She said she needed the gold badly, well, that much was obvious. Covered in rags and pretty far along… going to have a baby, see. She said the locket had been Slytherin's. Well, we hear that sort of story all the time, "Oh, this was Merlin's, this was, his favourite teapot," but when I looked at it, it had his mark all right, and a few simple spells were enough to tell me the truth. Of course, that made it near enough priceless. She didn't seem to have any idea how much it was worth. Happy to get ten Galleons for it. Best bargain we ever made!'

巧合的是，我找到了我们刚才讨论的那条项链的商店。”他像哈利以前看到的那样，狼吞虎咽地喝着冥想盆里的东西，就像淘金者筛选金子一样。 一个小老头从旋转的银色物体中冉冉升起，在冥想盆里慢慢地旋转着，他像幽灵一样银白色，但更坚实，一头茅草般的头发完全遮住了他的眼睛。 “是的，我们是在奇怪的情况下得到它的。 是一个年轻的女巫在圣诞节前带来的，哦，很多年前了。 她说她非常需要金子，这是显而易见的。 衣衫褴褛，已经很长时间了，要有孩子了。 她说挂坠盒是斯莱特林的。 嗯，我们总是听到这样的故事，“哦，这是梅林的，这是他最喜欢的茶壶，”但当我看着它时，它确实有他的标记，几个简单的咒语就足以告诉我真相。 当然，这使得它几乎是无价之宝。 她似乎不知道那东西值多少钱。 很高兴能卖十个加隆。 我们做过的最好的交易！”