4 The Seven Potters

CHAPTER FOUR THE SEVEN POTTERS Harry ran back upstairs to his bedroom, arriving at the window just in time to see the Dursleys' car swinging out of the drive and off up the road. Dedalus's top hat was visible between Aunt Petunia and Dudley in the backseat. The car turned right at the end of Privet Drive, its

第四章七个波特哈利跑回楼上的卧室，走到窗前，正好看见德思礼一家的汽车驶出车道，沿着大路驶去。 从后座的佩妮姨妈和达力中间，可以看到德达洛的大礼帽。 那辆车在女贞路的尽头右转

windows burned scarlet for a moment in the now setting sun, and then it was gone. Harry picked up Hedwig's cage, his Firebolt, and his rucksack, gave his unnaturally tidy bedroom one last sweeping look, and then made his ungainly way back downstairs to the hall, where he deposited cage, broomstick, and bag near the foot of the stairs. The light was fading rapidly now, the hall full of shadows in the evening light. It felt most strange to stand here in the silence and know that he was about to leave the house for the last time. Long ago, when he had been left alone while the Dursleys went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been a rare treat: Pausing only to sneak something tasty from the fridge, he had rushed upstairs to play on Dudley's computer, or put on the television and flicked through the channels to his heart's content. It gave him an odd, empty feeling to remember

在夕阳的映照下，窗户被烧得通红，一会儿就消失了。 哈利拿起海德薇的笼子、他的火弩箭和背包，最后扫了一眼他那不自然整洁的卧室，然后笨拙地回到楼下的门厅，把笼子、飞天扫帚和书包放在楼梯脚下。 此刻，光线正在迅速暗淡下去，大厅里在暮色中充满了阴影。 在寂静中站在这里，知道他即将最后一次离开这所房子，感觉非常奇怪。 很久以前，当德思礼一家出去玩的时候，他一个人呆在家里，那几个小时的独处时光对他来说是一种难得的享受：偶尔停下来从冰箱里偷拿点好吃的东西，他就冲上楼去玩达力的电脑，或者打开电视，随心所欲地翻看频道。 回想起来，他有一种奇怪而空虚的感觉

those times; it was like remembering a younger brother whom he had lost. "Don't you want to take a last look at the place?" he asked Hedwig, who was still sulking with her head under her wing. "We'll never be here again. Don't you want to remember all the good times? I mean, look at this doormat. What memories... Dudley puked on it after I saved him from the dementors.... Turns out he was grateful after all, can you believe it? ...And last summer, Dumbledore walked through that front door...." Harry lost the thread of his thoughts for a moment and Hedwig did nothing to help him retrieve it, but continued to sit with her head under her wing. Harry turned his back on the front door. "And under here, Hedwig" —Harry pulled open a door under the stairs— "is where I used to sleep! You never knew me then— Blimey, it's small, I'd forgotten...."

这些时间;这就像回忆一个他失去的弟弟。 “你不想最后看一眼这个地方吗？”他问海德薇，她仍然把头埋在翅膀底下生闷气。 “我们再也不会来这里了。 难道你不想记住所有的美好时光吗？ 我是说，看看这个擦鞋垫。 什么记忆……我把达力从摄魂怪手里救出来后，他吐在上面.... 结果他还是很感激的，你能相信吗？ ．．．去年夏天，邓布利多走进了那扇大门....” 哈利一时失去了思路，海德薇没有帮他恢复思路，而是继续把头埋在翅膀下面坐着。 哈利转过身，背对着前门。 “在这下面，海德薇——”哈利拉开楼梯下面的一扇门，“是我以前睡觉的地方！那时你根本不认识我——天哪，这东西太小了，我都忘了....”

Harry looked around at the stacked shoes and umbrellas, remembering how he used to wake every morning looking up at the underside of the staircase, which was more often than not adorned with a spider or two. Those had been the days before he had known anything about his true identity; before he had found out how his parents had died or why such strange things often happened around him. But Harry could still remember the dreams that had dogged him, even in those days: confused dreams involving flashes of green light and once— Uncle Vernon had nearly crashed the car when Harry had recounted it— a flying motorbike... There was a sudden, deafening roar from somewhere nearby. Harry straightened up with a jerk and smacked the top of his head on the low door frame. mclhfa. Pausing only to employ a few of Uncle Vernon's choicest swear words, he staggered back into the kitchen, clutching his head

哈利环顾四周，看看那堆在一起的鞋子和雨伞，想起他过去每天早上醒来时抬头望着楼梯下面，楼梯下面常常有一两只蜘蛛。 那是他对自己的真实身份一无所知之前的日子；他还没有弄清楚父母是怎么死的，也不知道为什么他周围经常发生这样奇怪的事情。 但哈利仍然记得那些纠缠着他的梦，即使是在那些日子里：混乱的梦，梦见绿光闪烁，还有一次——哈利叙述的时候，弗农姨父差点把汽车撞坏——一辆会飞的摩托车…… 附近突然传来一声震耳欲聋的吼声。 哈利猛地站直身子，头顶撞在低矮的门框上。 他停顿了一下，只说了几句弗农姨父最尖刻的脏话，就摇摇晃晃地回到厨房，捂着头

and staring out of the window into the back garden. The darkness seemed to be rippling, the air itself quivering. Then, one by one, figures began to pop into sight as their Disillusionment Charms lifted. Dominating the scene was Hagrid, wearing a helmet and goggles and sitting astride an enormous motorbike with a black sidecar attached. All around him other people were dismounting from brooms and, in two cases, skeletal, black winged horses. Wrenching open the back door, Harry hurtled into their midst. There was a general cry of greeting as Hermione flung her arms around him, Ron clapped him on the back, and Hagrid said, "All righ', Harry? Ready fer the off?" "Definitely," said Harry, beaming around at them all. "But I wasn't expecting this many of you!"

凝视着窗外的后花园。 黑暗似乎在荡漾，空气本身也在颤抖。 接着，幻灭咒解除了，人影一个接一个地出现在眼前。 海格是全场的主角，他戴着头盔，戴着护目镜，骑在一辆巨大的摩托车上，车上还有一辆黑色的挎斗。 在他周围，还有人从扫把上下来，有两个人是从骨瘦如柴的黑飞马上下来的。 哈利猛地打开后门，冲到他们中间。 赫敏张开双臂搂住他，全场一片欢呼，罗恩拍了拍他的后背，海格说：“还好吧，哈利？” 准备出发了吗？”“当然。”哈利微笑着对大家说。 “但我没想到会有这么多人！”

"Change of plan," growled Mad-Eye, who was holding two enormous, bulging sacks, and whose magical eye was spinning from darkening sky to house to garden with dizzying rapidity. "Let's get undercover before we talk you through it." Harry led them all back into the kitchen where, laughing and chattering, they settled on chairs, sat themselves upon Aunt Petunia's gleaming work surfaces, or leaned up against her spotless appliances: Ron, long and lanky; Hermione, her bushy hair tied back in a long plait; Fred and George, grinning identically; Bill, badly scarred and long-haired; Mr. Weasley, kind-faced, balding, his spectacles a little awry; Mad-Eye, battle-worn, one-legged, his bright blue magical eye whizzing in its socket; Tonks, whose short hair was her favorite shade of bright pink; Lupin, grayer, more lined; Fleur, slender and beautiful, with her long silvery blonde hair; Kingsley, bald, black, broad- shouldered; Hagrid, with his wild hair and beard,

“计划有变。”疯眼汉咆哮道，他手里拿着两个鼓鼓囊囊的大麻袋，那只带魔法的眼睛以令人眼花缭乱的速度从逐渐变暗的天空转到房子再转到花园。 “我们先卧底，再跟你谈。” 哈利领着大家回到厨房，他们谈笑风生，在椅子上坐下，坐在佩妮姨妈闪闪发光的工作台上，或者靠在她一尘不染的器具上。罗恩又高又瘦；赫敏，她浓密的头发向后扎了一条长辫子；弗雷德和乔治咧嘴一笑；比尔，留着长发，伤痕累累；韦斯莱先生，慈祥的面孔，秃顶，眼镜有点歪。疯眼汉，久经沙场，一条腿，那只明亮的蓝色魔法眼在眼窝里嗖嗖地转动着；唐克斯的短发是她最喜欢的亮粉色；卢平，头发更白了，皱纹更多了；芙蓉，苗条而美丽，长着一头银白色的金发；金斯利，秃顶，黑皮肤，宽肩；海格留着蓬乱的头发和胡子，