37 EPILOGUE

EPILOGUE NINETEEN YEARS LATER Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first of September was crisp and golden as an apple, and as the little family bobbed across the rumbling road toward the great sooty station, the fumes of car exhausts and the breath of pedestrians sparkled like cobwebs in the cold air. Two large cages rattled on

结语十九年之后那年秋天似乎突然来临。 9月1日的早晨，天气晴朗，像苹果一样金黄。当这个小家庭穿过隆隆作响的道路，朝着漆黑的车站走去时，汽车排出的废气和行人的呼吸在寒冷的空气中像蜘蛛网一样闪闪发光。 两个大笼子格格作响

top of the laden trolleys the parents were pushing; the owls inside them hooted indignantly, and the redheaded girl trailed tearfully behind her brothers, clutching her father's arm. "It won't be long, and you'll be going too," Harry told her. "Two years," sniffed Lily. "I want to go now!" The commuters stared curiously at the owls as the family wove its way toward the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Albus's voice drifted back to Harry over the surrounding clamor; his sons had resumed the argument they had started in the car. "I won't! I won't be in Slytherin!" "James, give it a rest!" said Ginny. "I only said he might be," said James, grinning at his younger brother. "There's nothing wrong with that. He might be in Slyth—" But James caught his mother's eye and fell silent. The five Potters approached the barrier.

父母推着满载的手推车；里面的猫头鹰愤怒地叫着，红头发的女孩抓着父亲的胳膊，泪流满面地跟在哥哥们后面。 “不会太久的，你也要走了。”哈利对她说。 “两年。”莉莉轻蔑地说。 “我现在就想走！”当一家人蜿蜒走向第九和第十站台之间的屏障时，通勤者们好奇地盯着猫头鹰。 阿不思的声音盖过周围的喧闹声传到哈利耳边。他的儿子们又开始了他们在车里开始的争论。 “我不会!我不去斯莱特林了！”“詹姆，歇会吧！”金妮说。 “我只是说他可能是。”詹姆斯笑着对他的弟弟说。 “这没什么错。 他可能在斯莱思——”但詹姆看到母亲的目光，便沉默了。 五个波特走近了栅栏。

With a slightly cocky look over his shoulder at his younger brother, James took the trolley from his mother and broke into a run. A moment later, he had vanished. "You'll write to me, won't you?" Albus asked his parents immediately, capitalizing on the momentary absence of his brother. "Every day, if you want us to," said Ginny. "Not every day," said Albus quickly. "James says most people only get letters from home about once a month." "We wrote to James three times a week last year," said Ginny. "And you don't want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts," Harry put in. "He likes a laugh, your brother." Side by side, they pushed the second trolley forward, gathering speed. As they reached the barrier, Albus winced, but no collision came. Instead, the family emerged onto platform nine

詹姆斯有点得意地回头看了弟弟一眼，从妈妈手里拿过手推车，撒腿就跑。 片刻之后，他消失了。 “你会给我写信的，是吗？”阿不思趁弟弟暂时不在，立刻问父母。 “每天都可以，只要你愿意。”金妮说。 “不是每天。”阿不思赶紧说。 “詹姆斯说大多数人大约一个月才收到一封家信。” “去年我们每星期给詹姆写三封信。”金妮说。 “他告诉你的关于霍格沃茨的事，你不会全信的。”哈利插嘴说。 “你哥哥，他喜欢笑。” 他们肩并肩地推着第二辆电车前进，速度越来越快。 当他们到达屏障时，阿不思畏缩了一下，但没有发生碰撞。 然而，这家人却出现在了9号站台上

and three-quarters, which was obscured by thick white steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Indistinct figures were swarming through the mist, into which James had already disappeared. "Where are they?" asked Albus anxiously, peering at the hazy forms they passed as they made their way down the platform. "We'll find them," said Ginny reassuringly. But the vapor was dense, and it was difficult to make out anybody's faces. Detached from their owners, voices sounded unnaturally loud. Harry thought he heard Percy discoursing loudly on broomstick regulations, and was quite glad of the excuse not to stop and say hello.... "I think that's them, Al," said Ginny suddenly. A group of four people emerged from the mist, standing alongside the very last carriage. fclnef. Their faces only came into focus when Harry, Ginny, Lily, and Albus had drawn right up to them.

还有四分之三，被猩红的霍格沃茨特快列车喷出的浓浓的白色蒸汽遮住了。 模糊的人影在雾中蜂拥而至，詹姆斯已经消失在雾中了。 “他们在哪儿？”阿不思焦急地问，看着他们走下站台时经过的朦胧的身影。 “我们会找到他们的。”金妮安慰地说。 但是雾气很浓，很难看清任何人的脸。 与主人分离后，声音听起来异常响亮。 哈利好像听到珀西在大声谈论飞天扫帚的规章制度，他很高兴有理由不用停下来打招呼.... “我想是他们，阿尔。”金妮突然说。 一群四个人从雾中走出来，站在最后一节车厢旁边。 直到哈利、金妮、莉莉和阿不思走到他们跟前，他们的脸才变得清晰起来。

"Hi," said Albus, sounding immensely relieved. Rose, who was already wearing her brand-new Hogwarts robes, beamed at him. "Parked all right, then?" Ron asked Harry. "I did. Hermione didn't believe I could pass a Muggle driving test, did you? She thought I'd have to Confund the examiner." "No, I didn't," said Hermione, "I had complete faith in you." "As a matter of fact, I did Confund him," Ron whispered to Harry, as together they lifted Albus's trunk and owl onto the train. "I only forgot to look in the wing mirror, and let's face it, I can use a Supersensory Charm for that." Back on the platform, they found Lily and Hugo, Rose's younger brother, having an animated discussion about which House they would be sorted into when they finally went to Hogwarts. "If you're not in Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you," said Ron, "but no pressure."

“嗨。”阿不思说，好像松了一口气。 罗斯已经穿上了她那件崭新的霍格沃茨长袍，朝他微笑着。 “停得还好吧？”罗恩问哈利。 “我所做的。赫敏不相信我能通过麻瓜驾驶考试，你呢？ 她以为我得迷惑主考人。” “不，我没有，”赫敏说，“我完全信任你。” “事实上，我的确对他施了混淆咒。”罗恩小声对哈利说，两人一起把阿不思的箱子和猫头鹰抬上了火车。 “我只是忘了看后视镜，说实话，我可以用超感咒。” 回到站台上，他们发现莉莉和罗丝的弟弟雨果正在热烈地讨论他们最终进入霍格沃茨后会分到哪个学院。 “如果你不在格兰芬多，我们就剥夺你的继承权。”罗恩说，“不过别有压力。”

"Ron!" Lily and Hugo laughed, but Albus and Rose looked solemn. "He doesn't mean it," said Hermione and Ginny, but Ron was no longer paying attention. Catching Harry's eye, he nodded covertly to a point some fifty yards away. The steam had thinned for a moment, and three people stood in sharp relief against the shifting mist. "Look who it is." Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. His hair was receding somewhat, which emphasized the pointed chin. The new boy resembled Draco as much as Albus resembled Harry. Draco caught sight of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny staring at him, nodded curtly, and turned away again. "So that's little Scorpius," said Ron under his breath. "Make sure you beat him in every test,

“罗恩!”莉莉和雨果笑了，但阿不思和罗斯显得很严肃。 “他不是那个意思。”赫敏和金妮说，但罗恩不再注意了。 看到哈利的目光，他偷偷朝五十码外的一个地方点了点头。 蒸汽减弱了一会儿，三个人站在飘动的雾气中，显得格外显眼。 “看看是谁来了。”德拉科·马尔福和他的妻子、儿子站在那里，一件深色外套一直扣到喉咙。 他的头发有点稀疏，使他的尖下巴显得更加突出。 这个新来的男孩像德拉科，就像阿不思像哈利一样。 德拉科看见哈利、罗恩、赫敏和金妮都在盯着他，就简短地点了点头，又转过身去。 “原来是小斯科皮。”罗恩压低声音说。 “确保你每次考试都能赢他，