7 The Slug Club

CHAPTER SEVEN The Slug Club Harry spent a lot of the last week of the holidays pondering the meaning of Malfoy's behaviour in Knockturn Alley. What disturbed him most was the satisfied look on Malfoy's face as he had left the shop. Nothing that made Malfoy look that happy could be good news. To his slight annoyance, however, neither Ron nor Hermione seemed quite as curious about Malfoy's activities as he was; or at least, they seemed to get bored of discussing it after a few days. 'Yes, I've already agreed it was fishy, Harry,' said Hermione a little impatiently. She was sitting on the window-sill in Fred and George's room with her feet up on one of the cardboard boxes and

第七章鼻涕虫俱乐部在假期的最后一个星期里，哈利花了很多时间思考马尔福在翻倒巷的行为意味着什么。 最让他不安的是马尔福离开商店时脸上满意的表情。 让马尔福显得那么高兴的事不可能是好消息。 然而，令他有点恼火的是，罗恩和赫敏似乎都不像他那样对马尔福的活动感到好奇。或者至少，他们似乎在几天后就厌倦了讨论这个问题。 “是的，我已经承认这很可疑，哈利。”赫敏有点不耐烦地说。 她坐在弗雷德和乔治房间的窗台上，脚搁在一个纸板箱上

had only grudgingly looked up from her new copy of Advanced Rune Translation. 'But haven't we agreed there could be a lot of explanations?' 'Maybe he's broken his Hand of Glory,' said Ron vaguely, as he attempted to straighten his broomstick's bent tail twigs. 'Remember that shrivelled-up arm Malfoy had?' 'But what about when he said "Don't forget to keep that one safe"?' asked Harry for the umpteenth time. 'That sounded to me like Borgin's got another one of the broken objects, and Malfoy wants both.' 'You reckon?' said Ron, now trying to scrape some dirt off his broom handle. 'Yeah, I do,' said Harry. When neither Ron nor Hermione answered, he said, 'Malfoy's father's in Azkaban. Don't you think Malfoy'd like revenge?' Ron looked up, blinking. 'Malfoy, revenge? What can he do about it?' 'That's my point, I don't know!' said Harry, frustrated. 'But he's up to something and I think

她只是不情愿地从她那本新的《高级符文翻译》上抬起头来。 “但我们不是都同意可能有很多解释吗？”“也许他把光荣之手弄断了。”罗恩含糊地说，一边试图把他的飞天扫帚弯曲的尾巴弄直。 “还记得马尔福那只干瘪的胳膊吗？”“但是当他说‘别忘了保管好那个’的时候呢？”哈利无数次地问。 “在我听来，好像博金又得到了一个破碎的东西，而马尔福两个都想要。“你觉得呢？”罗恩说，一边努力刮掉扫帚柄上的一些泥土。 “是的，我知道。”哈利说。看到罗恩和赫敏都没有回答，他说：“马尔福的父亲在阿兹卡班。 你不认为马尔福会想报复吗？”罗恩抬起头来，眨着眼睛。 “马尔福,复仇?他能做些什么呢？“这就是我要说的，我不知道！”哈利沮丧地说。 “但我想，他一定有所图谋。

we should take it seriously. His father's a Death Eater and–' Harry broke off, his eyes fixed on the window behind Hermione, his mouth open. A startling thought had just occurred to him. 'Harry?' said Hermione in an anxious voice. 'What's wrong?' 'Your scar's not hurting again, is it?' asked Ron nervously. 'He's a Death Eater,' said Harry slowly. 'He's replaced his father as a Death Eater!' There was a silence, then Ron erupted in laughter. 'Malfoy? He's sixteen, Harry! You think You- Know-Who would let Malfoy join?' 'It seems very unlikely, Harry,' said Hermione, in a repressive sort of voice. 'What makes you think–?' 'In Madam Malkin's. She didn't touch him, but he yelled and jerked his arm away from her when she went to roll up his sleeve. It was his left arm. He's been branded with the Dark Mark.'

我们应该认真对待。 他父亲是个食死徒，而且——”哈利停了下来，眼睛盯着赫敏身后的窗户，嘴巴张得大大的。 他突然想到一个惊人的想法。 “哈利?赫敏焦急地问。 “这是怎么了?“你的伤疤不会又疼了吧？”罗恩紧张地问。 “他是个食死徒。”哈利慢慢地说。 “他接替他父亲成为食死徒了！”一阵沉默，罗恩突然大笑起来。 “马尔福吗?他十六岁了，哈利！你认为神秘人会让马尔福加入吗？“似乎不大可能，哈利。”赫敏用一种压抑的声音说。 “你凭什么认为——？”“在摩金夫人店里。” 她没有碰他，但当她去卷他的袖子时，他大叫着把胳膊从她身上抽走。 那是他的左臂。他身上有黑魔标记。”

Ron and Hermione looked at each other. 'Well…' said Ron, sounding thoroughly unconvinced. 'I think he just wanted to get out of there, Harry,' said Hermione. 'He showed Borgin something we couldn't see,' Harry pressed on stubbornly. 'Something that seriously scared Borgin. It was the Mark, I know it– he was showing Borgin who he was dealing with, you saw how seriously Borgin took him!' Ron and Hermione exchanged another look. 'I'm not sure, Harry…' 'Yeah, I still don't reckon You-Know-Who would let Malfoy join…' Annoyed, but absolutely convinced he was right, Harry snatched up a pile of filthy Quidditch robes and left the room; Mrs Weasley had been urging them for days not to leave their washing and packing until the last moment. On the landing he bumped into Ginny, who was returning to her room carrying a pile of freshly laundered clothes.

罗恩和赫敏面面相觑。 “嗯……”罗恩说，似乎完全不相信。 “我想他只是想离开那里，哈利。”赫敏说。 “他给博金看了一些我们看不见的东西。”哈利固执地追问。 “这把博金吓坏了。 那是黑魔标记，我知道——他在让博金知道他在和谁打交道，你看到博金对他有多认真了！”罗恩和赫敏又交换了一下眼色。 “是啊，我还是不认为神秘人会让马尔福加入……”哈利有些恼火，但却坚信自己是对的，他抓起一堆肮脏的魁地奇球袍，离开了房间。几天来，韦斯莱夫人一直在催促他们，等到最后一刻再洗衣服收拾行李。 他在楼梯平台上撞到了金妮，她正拿着一堆刚洗好的衣服回自己的房间。

'I wouldn't go in the kitchen just now,' she warned him. 'There's a lot of Phlegm around.' 'I'll be careful not to slip in it,' smiled Harry. Sure enough, when he entered the kitchen it was to find Fleur sitting at the kitchen table, in full flow about plans for her wedding to Bill, while Mrs Weasley kept watch over a pile of self-peeling sprouts, looking bad-tempered. '…Bill and I 'ave almost decided on only two bridesmaids, Ginny and Gabrielle will look very sweet togezzer. I am theenking of dressing zem in pale gold– pink would of course be 'orrible with Ginny's 'air–' 'Ah, Harry!' said Mrs Weasley loudly, cutting across Fleur's monologue. 'Good, I wanted to explain about the security arrangements for the journey to Hogwarts tomorrow. We've got Ministry cars again, and there will be Aurors waiting at the station–' 'Is Tonks going to be there?' asked Harry, handing over his Quidditch things. 'No, I don't think so, she's been stationed somewhere else from what Arthur said.'

“我刚才是不会到厨房去的，”她警告他。 “周围有很多痰。“我会小心不滑倒的。”哈利笑着说。 果然，当他走进厨房时，发现芙蓉正坐在餐桌旁，滔滔不绝地谈论着她和比尔的婚礼计划，韦斯莱夫人则盯着一堆会自动剥皮的豆芽，一副怒气冲冲的样子。 “……比尔和我差不多决定只选两个伴娘了，金妮和加布里埃尔在一起看起来会很可爱。” 我想让他们穿上淡金色的衣服——粉红色的衣服配上金妮的气色当然很可怕——“啊，哈利！韦斯莱夫人大声说，打断了芙蓉的独白。 “很好，我想解释一下明天去霍格沃茨的安全安排。 我们又有魔法部的汽车了，傲罗会在车站等着——”“唐克斯会在那儿吗？”哈利问，把他的魁地奇球服递给他。 “不，我不这么认为，她驻扎在阿瑟说的其他地方了。”

'She 'as let 'erself go, zat Tonks,' mused Fleur, examining her own stunning reflection in the back of a teaspoon. 'A big mistake, if you ask–' 'Yes, thank you,' said Mrs Weasley tartly, cutting across Fleur again. 'You'd better get on, Harry, I want the trunks ready tonight, if possible, so we don't have the usual last-minute scramble.' And in fact, their departure the following morning was smoother than usual. The Ministry cars glided up to the front of The Burrow to find them waiting: trunks packed, Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, safely enclosed in his travelling basket, and Hedwig, Ron's owl Pigwidgeon, and Ginny's new purple Pygmy Puff, Arnold, in cages. 'Au revoir, 'Arry,' said Fleur throatily, kissing him goodbye. Ron hurried forwards, looking hopeful, but Ginny stuck out her foot and Ron fell, sprawling in the dust at Fleur's feet. Furious, redfaced and dirt-spattered, he hurried into the car without saying goodbye. There was no cheerful Hagrid waiting for them at King's Cross Station. Instead, two grim-faced, bearded Aurors in dark Muggle suits moved

“她把自己放掉了，唐克斯。”芙蓉若有所思地说，一边审视着茶匙背后自己那令人震惊的倒影。 “是啊，谢谢。”韦斯莱夫人尖刻地说，又打断了芙蓉的话。 “你最好快点，哈利，我希望箱子今晚就准备好，如果可能的话，这样我们就不会像往常那样在最后一刻乱来了。”事实上，第二天早上他们的出发比往常顺利。 魔法部的汽车开到陋居门口，发现他们都在等着：箱子收拾好了，赫敏的猫克鲁克山安全地装在旅行篮子里，罗恩的猫头鹰小猪海德薇和金妮的新紫色侏儒帕夫阿诺德被关在笼子里。 “再见，哈利。”芙蓉用嘶哑的声音说，跟他吻别。 罗恩赶紧走上前去，一副满怀希望的样子，可是金妮伸出一只脚，罗恩倒在了芙蓉脚下的尘土里。 他气得满脸通红，身上溅满了灰尘，一句话也没说就匆匆钻进了车里。 在国王十字车站等他们的不是兴高采烈的海格。 相反，两个穿着深色麻瓜套装、满脸胡须的傲罗走了过来