8 The Wedding

CHAPTER EIGHT THE WEDDING Three o'clock on the following afternoon found Harry, Ron, Fred, and George standing outside the great white marquee in the orchard, awaiting the arrival of the wedding guests. Harry had taken a large dose of Polyjuice Potion and was now the double of a redheaded Muggle boy from the local village, Ottery St.

第八章婚礼第二天下午三点钟，哈利、罗恩、弗雷德和乔治站在果园里的白色大帐篷外面，等待参加婚礼的客人们的到来。 哈利喝了大剂量的复方汤剂，现在变成了当地奥特里街一个红发麻瓜男孩的替身。

Catchpole, from whom Fred had stolen hairs using a Summoning Charm. The plan was to introduce Harry as "Cousin Barny" and trust to the great number of Weasley relatives to camouflage him. All four of them were clutching seating plans, so that they could help show people to the right seats. A host of white-robed waiters had arrived an hour earlier, along with a golden-jacketed band, and all of these wizards were currently sitting a short distance away under a tree; Harry could see a blue haze of pipe smoke issuing from the spot. Behind Harry, the entrance to the marquee revealed rows and rows of fragile golden chairs set on either side of a long purple carpet. The supporting poles were entwined with white and gold flowers. Fred and George had fastened an enormous bunch of golden balloons over the exact point where Bill and Fleur would shortly become husband and wife. Outside, butterflies and bees were hovering lazily over the grass and hedgerow.

卡奇波尔，弗雷德用飞来咒偷了他的头发。 他们的计划是把哈利介绍为“巴尼表哥”，并相信韦斯莱家的众多亲戚会把他伪装起来。 他们四个人手里都拿着座位图，这样他们就可以帮助人们找到正确的座位。 一群穿白袍的侍者一小时前就来了，还带着一支穿金色上衣的乐队。这些巫师这会儿都坐在不远处的一棵树下。哈利可以看到现场冒出一团蓝色的烟斗烟雾。 在哈利身后，大帐篷的入口处，紫色的长地毯两边摆着一排排易碎的金色椅子。 杆子上绣着白色和金色的花。 弗雷德和乔治在比尔和芙蓉即将结为夫妻的地方拴了一大串金色气球。 外面，蝴蝶和蜜蜂懒洋洋地在草地和树篱上盘旋。

Harry was rather uncomfortable. The Muggle boy whose appearance he was affecting was slightly fatter than him, and his dress robes felt hot and tight in the full glare of a summer's day. "When I get married," said Fred, tugging at the collar of his own robes, "I won't be bothering with any of this nonsense. You can all wear what you like, and I'll put a full Body-Bind Curse on Mum until it's all over." "She wasn't too bad this morning, considering," said George. "Cried a bit about Percy not being here, but who wants him? Oh blimey, brace yourselves— here they come, look." Brightly colored figures were appearing, one by one, out of nowhere at the distant boundary of the yard. Within minutes a procession had formed, which began to snake its way up through the garden toward the marquee. Exotic flowers and bewitched birds fluttered on the witches' hats, while precious gems glittered from many of the

哈利感到很不自在。 被他影响的那个麻瓜男孩比他稍微胖一点，在夏天耀眼的阳光下，他的礼服长袍又热又紧。 “等我结婚了，”弗雷德说着，拉了拉自己长袍的领子，“我就不会为这些无聊的事操心了。 你们爱穿什么就穿什么，我要给妈妈施一个全身束缚咒，直到一切结束。” “考虑到这一点，她今天早上还不算太糟。”乔治说。 “珀西不在这儿，我哭了一下，但谁要他呢？” 哦，天哪，打起精神来——瞧，他们来了。” 院子的远处，不知从哪里冒出来一个又一个色彩鲜艳的人影。 几分钟后，队伍就形成了，开始蜿蜒穿过花园，向大帐篷走去。 奇异的花朵和被施了魔法的鸟儿在女巫们的帽子上飞舞，而珍贵的宝石在许多女巫的帽子上闪闪发光

wizards' cravats; a hum of excited chatter grew louder and louder, drowning the sound of the bees as the crowd approached the tent. "Excellent, I think I see a few veela cousins," said George, craning his neck for a better look. "They'll need help understanding our English customs, I'll look after them...." "Not so fast, Your Holeyness," said Fred, and darting past the gaggle of middle-aged witches heading the procession, he said, "Here— permettez-moi to assister vous," to a pair of pretty French girls, who giggled and allowed him to escort them inside. George was left to deal with the middle-aged witches and Ron took charge of Mr. Weasley's old Ministry colleague Perkins, while a rather deaf old couple fell to Harry's lot. "Wotcher," said a familiar voice as he came out of the marquee again and found Tonks and Lupin at the front of the queue. She had turned blonde for the occasion. mclhfa. "Arthur told us you were the one

向导的围巾;当人群靠近帐篷时，兴奋的嗡嗡声越来越大，淹没了蜜蜂的声音。 “太好了，我想我看到几个媚娃表姐了。”乔治说着，伸长脖子想看得更清楚些。 “他们需要帮助理解我们的英语习俗，我会照顾他们....” “别那么急，陛下。”弗雷德说着，从走在队伍前面的一群叽叽喳喳的中年女巫身边冲过去，对一对漂亮的法国姑娘说：“来——我来帮你。”她们咯咯地笑着，让他送她们进去。 乔治被留下来对付那些中年女巫，罗恩负责韦斯莱先生在魔法部的老同事珀金斯，一对耳聋的老夫妇落到了哈利的手里。 “瞧。”一个熟悉的声音说，这时他又从帐篷里出来，发现唐克斯和卢平站在队伍的最前面。 为了这个场合，她把头发染成了金黄色。 “亚瑟告诉我们你就是那个人

with the curly hair. Sorry about last night," she added in a whisper as Harry led them up the aisle. "The Ministry's being very anti-werewolf at the moment and we thought our presence might not do you any favors." "It's fine, I understand," said Harry, speaking more to Lupin than Tonks. Lupin gave him a swift smile, but as they turned away, Harry saw Lupin's face fall again into lines of misery. He did not understand it, but there was no time to dwell on the matter: Hagrid was causing a certain amount of disruption. Having misunderstood Fred's directions he had sat himself, not upon the magically enlarged and reinforced seat set aside for him in the back row, but on five seats that now resembled a large pile of golden matchsticks. While Mr. Weasley repaired the damage and Hagrid shouted apologies to anybody who would listen, Harry hurried back to the entrance to find Ron face-to-face with a most eccentric-looking

卷发的那个。昨晚的事我很抱歉。”哈利领着他们走上过道时，她小声说。 “魔法部现在对狼人非常严厉，我们想我们的出现可能对你没有什么帮助。” “没关系，我明白。”哈利说，与其说是对唐克斯说，不如说是对卢平说。 卢平飞快地对他笑了笑，但当他们转身离开时，哈利看到卢平的脸又变成了痛苦的表情。 他不明白这是怎么回事，但他没有时间去想这件事了：海格正在制造一定程度的混乱。 由于误解了弗雷德的指示，他没有坐在后排为他预留的那个用魔法放大加固过的座位上，而是坐在五个像一大堆金色火柴棍一样的座位上。 韦斯莱先生在修理损坏的地方，海格大声向愿意听的人道歉，哈利急忙跑回门口，发现罗恩正和一个长相古怪的人面对面

wizard. Slightly cross-eyed, with shoulder-length white hair the texture of candyfloss, he wore a cap whose tassel dangled in front of his nose and robes of an eye-watering shade of egg-yolk yellow. An odd symbol, rather like a triangular eye, glistened from a golden chain around his neck. "Xenophilius Lovegood," he said, extending a hand to Harry, "my daughter and I live just over the hill, so kind of the good Weasleys to invite us. But I think you know my Luna?" he added to Ron. "Yes," said Ron. "Isn't she with you?" "She lingered in that charming little garden to say hello to the gnomes, such a glorious infestation! How few wizards realize just how much we can learn from the wise little gnomes— or, to give them their correct name, the Gernumbli gardensi." "Ours do know a lot of excellent swear words," said Ron, "but I think Fred and George taught

向导。他有点斗鸡眼，雪白的头发长到齐肩，像棉花糖一样，戴着一顶流苏垂到鼻子前面的帽子，穿着一件让人眼花缭乱的蛋黄黄色长袍。 他脖子上的金链子上闪烁着一个奇怪的符号，很像一只三角形的眼睛。 “谢诺菲留斯·洛夫古德，”他向哈利伸出一只手，说道，“我女儿和我就住在山那边，好心的韦斯莱夫妇邀请了我们。 但我想你认识我家卢娜吧？”他又问罗恩。 “是的。”罗恩说。“她不是跟你在一起吗？”“她在那个迷人的小花园里逗留，跟地精们打招呼，地精们多可爱啊！很少有巫师意识到，我们可以从聪明的小地精身上学到多少东西——或者，用它们的正确名字来说，是格曼布利·加德西。” “我们家的狗确实知道很多很棒的粗口，”罗恩说，“不过我想是弗雷德和乔治教的