9 A Place to Hide

CHAPTER NINE A PLACE TO HIDE Everything seemed fuzzy, slow. Harry and Hermione jumped to their feet and drew their wands. Many people were only just realizing that something strange had happened; heads were still turning toward the silver cat as it vanished. Silence spread outward in cold ripples from the

一切都显得模糊而缓慢。 哈利和赫敏一跃而起，抽出魔杖。 许多人刚刚意识到发生了一些奇怪的事情；当那只银猫消失时，人们的目光仍在转向它。 寂静像冰冷的涟漪一样从天空向外扩散

place where the Patronus had landed. Then somebody screamed. Harry and Hermione threw themselves into the panicking crowd. Guests were sprinting in all directions; many were Disapparating; the protective enchantments around the Burrow had broken. "Ron!" Hermione cried. "Ron, where are you?" As they pushed their way across the dance floor, Harry saw cloaked and masked figures appearing in the crowd; then he saw Lupin and Tonks, their wands raised, and heard both of them shout, "Protego!", a cry that was echoed on all sides— "Ron! Ron!" Hermione called, half sobbing as she and Harry were buffeted by terrified guests: Harry seized her hand to make sure they weren't separated as a streak of light whizzed over their heads, whether a protective charm or something more sinister he did not know—

守护神降落的地方。 然后有人尖叫起来。哈利和赫敏挤进了惊慌失措的人群。 客人们向四面八方狂奔；许多人在幻影移形；陋居周围的保护魔法被打破了。 “罗恩!”赫敏哭了。“罗恩，你在哪儿？”当他们穿过舞池时，哈利看见人群中出现了披着斗篷和蒙面的人影。然后他看到了卢平和唐克斯，他们举起了魔杖，听见他们俩都喊了一声：“护身护身！”喊声响彻四周——“罗恩！罗恩!”赫敏叫道，半是啜泣，她和哈利被吓坏了的客人们打得晕头转向。哈利抓住她的手，确保他们没有被分开，这时一道亮光从他们头顶上掠过，不知是保护咒还是什么更邪恶的东西——

And then Ron was there. He caught hold of Hermione's free arm, and Harry felt her turn on the spot; sight and sound were extinguished as darkness pressed in upon him; all he could feel was Hermione's hand as he was squeezed through space and time, away from the Burrow, away from the descending Death Eaters, away, perhaps, from Voldemort himself.... "Where are we?" said Ron's voice. Harry opened his eyes. For a moment he thought they had not left the wedding after all: They still seemed to be surrounded by people. "Tottenham Court Road," panted Hermione. "Walk, just walk, we need to find somewhere for you to change." Harry did as she asked. They half walked, half ran up the wide dark street thronged with late- night revelers and lined with closed shops, stars twinkling above them. A double-decker bus rumbled by and a group of merry pub-goers ogled

然后罗恩出现了。他抓住赫敏那只空着的胳膊，哈利感到她原地转了个身。当黑暗向他袭来时，他的视线和声音都消失了；他只能感觉到赫敏的手，他被挤压着穿过时空，离开了陋居，离开了那些从天而降的食死徒，也许还离开了伏地魔.... “我们在哪儿？”罗恩的声音说。 哈利睁开眼睛。有那么一会儿，他以为他们根本没有离开婚礼：他们似乎仍然被人包围着。 “托特纳姆法院路。”赫敏喘着气说。 “走吧，走吧，我们得找个地方让你换衣服。” 哈利照她说的做了。他们半走半跑地走上宽阔黑暗的街道，街上挤满了深夜狂欢的人，两旁是关门的商店，星星在他们头顶闪烁。 一辆双层公共汽车隆隆驶过，一群快乐的酒吧客人向他抛媚眼

them as they passed; Harry and Ron were still wearing dress robes. "Hermione, we haven't got anything to change into," Ron told her, as a young woman burst into raucous giggles at the sight of him. "Why didn't I make sure I had the Invisibility Cloak with me?" said Harry, inwardly cursing his own stupidity. "All last year I kept it on me and—" "It's okay, I've got the Cloak, I've got clothes for both of you," said Hermione. "Just try and act naturally until— this will do." She led them down a side street, then into the shelter of a shadowy alleyway. "When you say you've got the Cloak, and clothes..." said Harry, frowning at Hermione, who was carrying nothing except her small beaded handbag, in which she was now rummaging. mclhfa. "Yes, they're here," said Hermione, and to Harry and Ron's utter astonishment, she pulled out

他们走过的时候；哈利和罗恩仍然穿着礼服长袍。 “赫敏，我们没有什么可以换的。”罗恩对她说，这时一个年轻女人看见他，突然发出沙哑的笑声。 “我为什么不把隐形衣带在身上呢？”哈利说，心里在诅咒自己的愚蠢。 “没关系，隐形衣在我身上，我给你们俩都准备了衣服。”赫敏说。 “试着表现得自然一点，直到——这样就行了。” 她领着他们走过一条小街，然后走进一条阴暗的小巷。 “你说你有隐形衣和衣服……” 哈利对赫敏皱着眉头说，赫敏什么也没带，只带了一个串珠小包，正在里面翻找着。 “是的，它们在这儿。”赫敏说，她退出来了，这使哈利和罗恩大为吃惊

a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, some maroon socks, and finally the silvery Invisibility Cloak. "How the ruddy hell—?" "Undetectable Extension Charm," said Hermione. "Tricky, but I think I've done it okay; anyway, I managed to fit everything we need in here." She gave the fragile-looking bag a little shake and it echoed like a cargo hold as a number of heavy objects rolled around inside it. "Oh, damn, that'll be the books," she said, peering into it, "and I had them all stacked by subject.... Oh well.... Harry, you'd better take the Invisibility Cloak. Ron, hurry up and change...." "When did you do all this?" Harry asked as Ron stripped off his robes. "I told you at the Burrow, I've had the essentials packed for days, you know, in case we needed to make a quick getaway. I packed your rucksack this morning, Harry, after you changed, and put it in here.... I just had a feeling...."

一条牛仔裤，一件运动衫，一些栗色的袜子，最后是银色的隐形衣。 “他妈的怎么——？”“无法察觉的延伸咒。”赫敏说。 “有点棘手，但我觉得我做得不错；不管怎样，我设法把我们需要的东西都放进去了。” 她轻轻摇晃了一下这个看起来很脆弱的袋子，它发出了货舱的回声，许多重物在里面滚来滚去。 “哦，该死，那是书，”她说，朝里面看了看，“我把它们按科目堆成一堆.... 哦……哈利，你最好带上隐形衣。 罗恩，快点换衣服....” “你什么时候做的这一切？”罗恩脱下长袍时，哈利问。 “我在陋居告诉过你，我几天前就把必需品打包好了，你知道，以防我们需要快速逃跑。 哈利，今天早上你换好衣服后，我把你的背包收拾好了，放在这里.... 我只是有一种感觉....”

"You're amazing, you are," said Ron, handing her his bundled-up robes. "Thank you," said Hermione, managing a small smile as she pushed the robes into the bag. "Please, Harry, get that Cloak on!" Harry threw the Invisibility Cloak around his shoulders and pulled it up over his head, vanishing from sight. He was only just beginning to appreciate what had happened. "The others— everyone at the wedding—" "We can't worry about that now," whispered Hermione. "It's you they're after, Harry, and we'll just put everyone in even more danger by going back." "She's right," said Ron, who seemed to know that Harry was about to argue, even if he could not see his face. "Most of the Order was there, they'll look after everyone." Harry nodded, then remembered that they could not see him, and said, "Yeah." But he thought of

“你真了不起，你真了不起。”罗恩说着，把自己捆成一团的长袍递给她。 “谢谢你。”赫敏说，勉强挤出一个微笑，把长袍塞进了书包。 “求求你，哈利，把隐形衣穿上！”哈利把隐形衣披在肩上，拉到头上，消失了。 他才刚刚开始意识到所发生的一切。 “我们现在不能担心这个。”赫敏小声说。 “他们要找的是你，哈利，我们回去只会把大家置于更危险的境地。” “她说得对。”罗恩说，虽然看不见哈利的脸，但他似乎知道哈利要吵架了。 “大部分凤凰社的成员都在那里，他们会照顾大家的。” 哈利点点头，然后想起他们看不见他，就说：“是的。” 但是他想到