4 Horace Slughorn

CHAPTER FOUR Horace Slughorn Despite the fact that he had spent every waking moment of the past few days hoping desperately that Dumbledore would indeed come to fetch him, Harry felt distinctly awkward as they set off down Privet Drive together. He had never had a proper conversation with his headmaster outside Hogwarts before; there was usually a desk between them. The memory of their last face-to face encounter kept intruding, too, and it rather heightened Harry's sense of embarrassment; he had shouted a lot on that occasion, not to mention doing his best to smash several of Dumbledore's most prized possessions.

第四章霍拉斯·斯拉格霍恩尽管在过去的几天里，他每时每刻都在急切地希望邓布利多真的会来接他，但当他们一起沿着女贞路出发时，哈利还是感到特别尴尬。 他以前从来没有在霍格沃茨以外的地方和校长好好谈过一次话。他们之间通常隔着一张桌子。 他们最后一次面对面的情景也不断地浮现在他的脑海里，这使哈利更加感到尴尬。那次他大喊大叫，更不用说他还拼命打碎了邓布利多最珍贵的几件东西。

Dumbledore, however, seemed completely relaxed. 'Keep your wand at the ready, Harry,' he said brightly. 'But I thought I'm not allowed to use magic outside school, sir?' 'If there is an attack,' said Dumbledore, 'I give you permission to use any counter-jinx or -curse that might occur to you. However, I do not think you need worry about being attacked tonight.' 'Why not, sir?' 'You are with me,' said Dumbledore simply. 'This will do, Harry.' He came to an abrupt halt at the end of Privet Drive. 'You have not, of course, passed your Apparition test?' he said. 'No,' said Harry. 'I thought you had to be seventeen?' 'You do,' said Dumbledore. 'So you will need to hold on to my arm very tightly. My left, if you

然而，邓布利多似乎完全放松了。 “准备好你的魔杖，哈利。”他欢快地说。 “可我不是不允许在校外使用魔法吗，先生？”“如果发生袭击，”邓布利多说，“我允许你使用任何你能想到的解咒或魔咒。” 不过，我认为你不必担心今晚会被袭击。“为什么不呢，先生？”“你和我在一起。”邓布利多简单地说。 “这样就行了，哈利。”他在女贞路的尽头突然停了下来。 “你没有通过幻影显形考试吧？”他说。 “没有。”哈利说。“我以为你必须年满十七岁？”“你知道。”邓布利多说。 “所以你需要紧紧抓住我的手臂。 我的左边，如果你

don't mind– as you have noticed, my wand arm is a little fragile at the moment.' Harry gripped Dumbledore's proffered forearm. 'Very good,' said Dumbledore. 'Well, here we go.' Harry felt Dumbledore's arm twist away from him and redoubled his grip: the next thing he knew, everything went black; he was being pressed very hard from all directions; he could not breathe, there were iron bands tightening around his chest; his eyeballs were being forced back into his head; his eardrums were being pushed deeper into his skull, and then– He gulped great lungfuls of cold night air and opened his streaming eyes. He felt as though he had just been forced through a very tight rubber tube. It was a few seconds before he realised that Privet Drive had vanished. He and Dumbledore were now standing in what appeared to be a deserted village square, in the centre of which stood an old war memorial and a few benches. His comprehension catching up with his senses, Harry

别介意——你也注意到了，我拿魔杖的胳膊现在有点脆弱。”哈利抓住邓布利多伸出的前臂。 “很好。”邓布利多说。 “好了，我们走吧。”哈利感到邓布利多的胳膊从他身边扭开了，他攥得更紧了。接着，一切都变黑了。他受到四面八方的压力。他喘不过气来，胸前的铁箍越来越紧。他的眼球被逼回了脑袋；他的耳膜被挤得更深了，然后——他大口大口地吸着夜晚的冷空气，睁开了流着泪的眼睛。 他觉得自己好像刚被强行穿过一根非常紧的橡皮管。 过了几秒钟，他才意识到女贞路不见了。 他和邓布利多现在站在一个似乎空无一人的村庄广场上，广场中央矗立着一座古老的战争纪念碑和几条长凳。 他的理解赶上了他的感觉，哈利

realised that he had just Apparated for the first time in his life. 'Are you all right?' asked Dumbledore, looking down at him solicitously. 'The sensation does take some getting used to.' 'I'm fine,' said Harry, rubbing his ears, which felt as though they had left Privet Drive rather reluctantly. 'But I think I might prefer brooms.' Dumbledore smiled, drew his travelling cloak a little more tightly around his neck and said, 'This way.' He set off at a brisk pace, past an empty inn and a few houses. According to a clock on a nearby church, it was almost midnight. 'So tell me, Harry,' said Dumbledore. 'Your scar… has it been hurting at all?' Harry raised a hand unconsciously to his forehead and rubbed the lightning-shaped mark. 'No,' he said, 'and I've been wondering about that. mclhfa. I thought it would be burning all the time now Voldemort's getting so powerful again.'

他意识到自己刚刚平生第一次幻影显形了。 “你没事吧？”邓布利多问道，关切地低头看着他。 “这种感觉确实需要一些时间来适应。“我很好。”哈利说着揉了揉耳朵，觉得他们离开女贞路是很不情愿的。 “不过我想我可能更喜欢扫帚。”邓布利多笑了，把旅行斗篷在脖子上拉得更紧一些，说：“这边走。”他快步出发，经过一家空旅店和几所房子。 根据附近教堂的钟显示，已经快午夜了。 “告诉我吧，哈利。”邓布利多说。 “你的伤疤……一直疼吗？”哈利下意识地把手举到额头上，揉了揉那个闪电形状的记号。 “没有，”他说，“我一直在想这件事。 现在伏地魔又变得这么强大了，我还以为它会一直在燃烧呢。”

He glanced up at Dumbledore and saw that he was wearing a satisfied expression. 'I, on the other hand, thought otherwise,' said Dumbledore. 'Lord Voldemort has finally realised the dangerous access to his thoughts and feelings you have been enjoying. It appears that he is now employing Occlumency against you.' 'Well, I'm not complaining,' said Harry, who missed neither the disturbing dreams nor the startling flashes of insight into Voldemort's mind. They turned a corner, passing a telephone box and a bus shelter. Harry looked sideways at Dumbledore again. 'Professor?' 'Harry?' 'Er– where exactly are we?' 'This, Harry, is the charming village of Budleigh Babberton.' 'And what are we doing here?' 'Ah, yes, of course, I haven't told you,' said Dumbledore. 'Well, I have lost count of the number of times I have said this in recent years,

他抬头看了邓布利多一眼，看到他脸上带着满意的表情。 “我可不这么想。”邓布利多说。 “伏地魔终于意识到，你接触他的思想和感情是危险的。 看来他现在在用大脑封闭术对付你。“好吧，我不是在抱怨。”哈利说，他既不怀念那些令人不安的梦，也不怀念那些洞悉伏地魔思想的惊人闪现。 他们拐了个弯，经过一个电话亭和一个公共汽车候车亭。 哈利又斜眼看着邓布利多。 “教授?“哈利?“嗯——我们到底在什么地方？”“哈利，这就是迷人的巴德利·巴伯顿村。”“我们在这儿干什么？”“啊，是的，当然，我还没有告诉你。”邓布利多说。 “嗯，我已经记不清近年来我说过多少次了，

but we are, once again, one member of staff short. We are here to persuade an old colleague of mine to come out of retirement and return to Hogwarts.' 'How can I help with that, sir?' 'Oh, I think we'll find a use for you,' said Dumbledore vaguely. 'Left here, Harry.' They proceeded up a steep, narrow street lined with houses. All the windows were dark. The odd chill that had lain over Privet Drive for two weeks persisted here, too. Thinking of Dementors, Harry cast a look over his shoulder and grasped his wand reassuringly in his pocket. 'Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?' 'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry. In any case, most wizarding dwellings are magically protected from unwanted Apparators. At Hogwarts, for instance–' '–you can't Apparate anywhere inside the buildings or grounds,' said Harry quickly.

但我们又少了一名员工。 我们是来说服我的一位老同事重新回到霍格沃茨的。“先生，我能帮上什么忙吗？”“哦，我想我们会给你找到用武之地的。”邓布利多含糊地说。 “离开这里了，哈利。”他们走上一条两旁都是房屋的陡峭狭窄的街道。 所有的窗户都是黑的。 女贞路笼罩了两个星期的那种奇怪的寒意，在这里也没有消散。 想到摄魂怪，哈利扭头看了一眼，放心地把魔杖放在口袋里。 “教授，我们为什么不能直接幻影显形到你的老同事家里去呢？”“因为那就像踢开前门一样粗鲁。”邓布利多说。 “出于礼貌，我们要给其他巫师提供拒绝我们进入的机会。 无论如何，大多数巫师的住所都有魔法保护，不让讨厌的幻影显形者进来。 比如在霍格沃茨——“你不能在建筑物或场地内的任何地方幻影显形。”哈利赶紧说。