HPMOR 第18章｜优势等级（中英对照）
斯内普的第一堂魔药课把哈利逼到当众打响指、躲进壁橱，也把霍格沃茨那条没人敢问的规矩摆上了桌面：谁站在谁上面，凭什么。
英文原文取自 HPMOR 官方第 18 章。下文保留章首题记，并严格按官方故事正文的自然段与分隔线逐段排列；每组英文在上、中文在下；中文为依据英文独立校订的非官方译文。hpmor.xyz 对应章 仅用于核对理解、专名、术语与遗漏，未原样转载。
Any sufficiently advanced J. K. Rowling is indistinguishable from magic.
任何足够先进的 J·K·罗琳都与魔法无异。
"That does sound like the sort of thing I would do, doesn't it?"
「那听起来确实像是我会做的事，不是吗？」
It was breakfast time on Friday morning. Harry took another huge bite out of his toast and then tried to remind his brain that scarfing his breakfast wouldn't actually get him into the dungeons any faster. Anyway they had a full hour of study time between breakfast and the start of Potions.
星期五早上，正是早饭时间。哈利又咬了一大口吐司，然后努力提醒自己的脑子：狼吞虎咽地把早饭塞下去，并不会让他更早进到地下城里去。再说，从吃完饭到魔药课开始，中间还有整整一个小时的自习时间。
But dungeons! In Hogwarts! Harry's imagination was already sketching the chasms, narrow bridges, torchlit sconces, and patches of glowing moss. Would there be rats? Would there be dragons?
可那是地下城啊！还是在霍格沃茨！哈利的想象已经自动开工，勾勒出深不见底的裂隙、窄窄的栈桥、插着火把的壁灯，还有一簇簇发光的苔藓。会有老鼠吗？会有龙吗？
"Harry Potter," said a quiet voice from behind him.
「哈利·波特。」他身后响起一个轻轻的声音。
Harry looked over his shoulder and found himself beholding Ernie Macmillan, smartly dressed in yellow-trimmed robes and looking a little worried.
哈利回头一看，看到的是厄尼·麦克米兰，一身镶黄边的袍子穿得整整齐齐，神情有点担心。
"Neville thought I should warn you," Ernie said in a low voice. "I think he's right. Be careful of the Potions Master in our session today. The older Hufflepuffs told us that Professor Snape can be really nasty to people he doesn't like, and he doesn't like most people who aren't Slytherins. If you say anything smart to him it... it could be really bad for you, from what I've heard. Just keep your head down and don't give him any reason to notice you."
「纳威觉得我该提醒你一声，」厄尼压低声音说。「我想他说得对。今天这堂合班课上的那位魔药学教授，你可得留神。赫奇帕奇的高年级学生跟我们说，斯内普教授对他看不上眼的人可以非常恶劣，而大多数不是斯莱特林的人他都看不上眼。据我听到的说法，你要是跟他说什么俏皮话……那对你可能非常糟糕。你还是把头低着，别给他任何注意到你的理由。」
There was a pause as Harry processed this, and then he lifted his eyebrows. (Harry wished he could raise just one eyebrow, like Spock, but he'd never been able to manage.) "Thanks," Harry said. "You might've just saved me a lot of trouble."
哈利消化了一下这段话，停了一停，然后抬起了眉毛。（哈利很希望自己能像史波克那样只挑一条眉毛，可他从没练成过。）「谢了，」哈利说。「你刚才可能正好帮我省掉不少麻烦。」
Ernie nodded, and turned to go back to the Hufflepuff table.
厄尼点点头，转身回赫奇帕奇那桌去了。
Harry resumed eating his toast.
哈利接着吃他的吐司。
It was around four bites afterward that someone said "Pardon me," and Harry turned around to see an older Ravenclaw, looking a little worried -
大约又吃了四口之后，有人说了句「打扰一下」，哈利转过身去，看见一个高年级的拉文克劳学生，神情有点担心——
Some time later, Harry was finishing up his third plate of rashers. (He'd learned to eat heavily at breakfast. He could always eat lightly at lunch if he didn't end up using the Time-Turner.) And there was yet another voice from behind him saying "Harry?"
又过了一会儿，哈利正在吃他的第三盘培根，快吃完了。（他已经学会早饭要多吃。要是最后没用上时间转换器，午饭少吃一点就是了。）这时，他身后又有一个人说：「哈利？」
"Yes," Harry said wearily, "I'll try not to draw Professor Snape's attention -"
「嗯，」哈利有气无力地说，「我会尽量不去招斯内普教授的注意——」
"Oh, that's hopeless," said Fred.
「哦，那没用，」弗雷德说。
"Completely hopeless," said George.
「一点用都没有，」乔治说。
"So we had the house elves bake you a cake," said Fred.
「所以我们让家养小精灵给你烤了个蛋糕，」弗雷德说。
"We're going to put one candle on it for every point you lose for Ravenclaw," said George.
「你每给拉文克劳丢掉一分，我们就在蛋糕上插一根蜡烛，」乔治说。
"And have a party for you at the Gryffindor table during lunch," said Fred.
「午饭的时候再在格兰芬多那桌给你开个派对，」弗雷德说。
"We hope that'll cheer you up afterward," finished George.
「希望这能让你事后高兴一点，」乔治把话说完。
Harry swallowed his last bite of rasher and turned around. "All right," said Harry. "I wasn't going to ask this after Professor Binns, I really wasn't, but if Professor Snape is that awful why hasn't he been fired?"
哈利咽下最后一口培根，转过身来。「好吧，」哈利说。「在宾斯教授之后，我本来不打算再问这种问题的，真的不打算问了，可是斯内普教授要是真有那么糟糕，他怎么还没被解雇？」
"Fired?" said Fred.
「解雇？」弗雷德说。
"You mean, let go?" said George.
「你是说，让他走人？」乔治说。
"Yes," Harry said. "It's what you do to bad teachers. You fire them. Then you hire a better teacher instead. You don't have unions or tenure here, right?"
「对，」哈利说。「对糟糕的老师就该这么办。你解雇他们，然后另雇一个更好的老师。你们这儿没有工会，也没有终身教职，对吧？」
Fred and George were frowning in much the same way that hunter-gatherer tribal elders might frown if you tried to tell them about calculus.
弗雷德和乔治皱起了眉头，那副表情，就像你要是跑去跟一个靠狩猎采集过日子的部落长老讲微积分，对方大概也会这么皱眉头。
"I don't know," said Fred after a while. "I never thought about that."
「不知道，」弗雷德隔了一会儿才说。「我从没想过这事。」
"Me neither," said George.
「我也没想过，」乔治说。
"Yeah," said Harry, "I get that a lot. See you at lunch, guys, and don't blame me if there aren't any candles on that cake."
「是啊，」哈利说，「这话我听得多了。午饭见，两位，蛋糕上要是一根蜡烛都没有，可别怪我。」
Fred and George both laughed, as if Harry had said something funny, and bowed to him and headed back toward Gryffindor.
弗雷德和乔治都笑了起来，好像哈利说了什么好笑的话似的，又朝他鞠了一躬，然后往格兰芬多那边去了。
Harry turned back to the breakfast table and grabbed a cupcake. His stomach already felt full, but he had a feeling this morning might use a lot of calories.
哈利转回早饭桌，抓了一块纸杯蛋糕。他的肚子已经觉得饱了，可他有种感觉：今天上午恐怕要消耗很多卡路里。
As he ate his cupcake, Harry thought of the worst teacher he'd met so far, Professor Binns of History. Professor Binns was a ghost. From what Hermione had said about ghosts, it didn't seem likely that they were fully self-aware. There were no famous discoveries made by ghosts, or much of any original work, no matter who they'd been in life. Ghosts tended to have trouble remembering the current century. Hermione had said they were like accidental portraits, impressed into the surrounding matter by a burst of psychic energy accompanying a wizard's sudden death.
哈利一边吃纸杯蛋糕，一边想起了他至今遇到过的最糟糕的老师——教魔法史的宾斯教授。宾斯教授是个鬼魂。按赫敏对鬼魂的说法，他们似乎并不具备完整的自我意识。鬼魂从来没有做出过什么著名的发现，也几乎没有留下任何原创的作品，不管他们生前是什么人。鬼魂往往连当前是哪个世纪都记不太清。赫敏说，他们就像意外形成的画像，是巫师猝死时迸发的一股精神能量，把他们印在了周围的物质上。
Harry had run into some stupid teachers during his abortive forays into standard Muggle education - his father had been a lot pickier when it came to selecting grad students as tutors, of course - but History class was the first time he'd encountered a teacher who literally wasn't sentient.
哈利以前几次三番去尝试正规的麻瓜学校教育，都没上成，其间也碰到过几个蠢老师——当然，他爸爸在挑研究生来当他的家庭教师的时候，要挑剔得多——但魔法史课是他头一次遇到一个字面意义上没有意识的老师。
And it showed, too. Harry had given up after five minutes and started reading a textbook. When it became clear that "Professor Binns" wasn't going to object, Harry had also reached into his pouch and gotten earplugs.
而且这一点也看得出来。哈利听了五分钟就放弃了，开始自己看课本。等弄清楚「宾斯教授」并不打算表示反对，哈利还伸手进莫克皮袋里掏出了耳塞。
Did ghosts not require a salary? Was that it? Or was it literally impossible to fire anyone in Hogwarts even if they died?
难道鬼魂不用拿工资？是这个原因吗？还是说，在霍格沃茨要解雇谁根本不可能，哪怕那人已经死了？
Now it seemed that Professor Snape was going about being absolutely awful to everyone who wasn't a Slytherin and it hadn't even occurred to anyone to terminate his contract.
现在看来，斯内普教授正不遗余力地对每一个不是斯莱特林的人坏到极点，而竟然没有一个人想到要中止他的合约。
And the Headmaster had set fire to a chicken.
而且校长还放火烧了一只鸡。
"Excuse me," came a worried voice from behind him.
「打扰一下，」一个带着担心的声音从他身后传来。
"I swear," Harry said without turning around, "this place is almost eight and a half percent as bad as what Dad says about Oxford."
「我发誓，」哈利头也不回地说，「这地方的糟糕程度，差不多是爸爸口中牛津大学那么糟的 8.5% 了。」
Harry stamped down the stone corridors, looking affronted, annoyed, and infuriated all at once.
哈利踩着沉重的步子穿过石头走廊，脸上同时挂着受冒犯、恼火和暴怒三种神情。
"Dungeons!" Harry hissed. "Dungeons! These are not dungeons! This is a basement! A basement! "
「地下城！」哈利压着嗓子说。「*地下城！*这哪儿是什么地下城！这是地下室！地下室！」
Some of the Ravenclaw girls gave him odd looks. The boys were all used to him by now.
几个拉文克劳女生用奇怪的眼光看他。男生们如今已经习惯他这样了。
It seemed that the level in which the Potions classroom was located was called the "dungeons" for no better reason than that it was below ground and slightly colder than the main castle.
魔药课教室所在的那一层之所以被叫作「地下城」，似乎也没有别的理由，无非是它位于地面以下，比城堡主体稍微冷一点。
In Hogwarts! In Hogwarts! Harry had been waiting his whole life and now he was still waiting and if there was anywhere on the face of the Earth that had decent dungeons it ought to be Hogwarts! Was Harry going to have to build his own castle if he wanted to see one little bottomless abyss?
在霍格沃茨！在霍格沃茨！哈利盼了一辈子，如今还在盼——而如果地球上真有一个地方该有像样的地下城，那地方就该是霍格沃茨！难道他只想看一眼一个小小的无底深渊，还得自己盖一座城堡吗？
A short time later they got to the actual Potions classroom and Harry cheered up considerably.
没过多久，他们到了真正的魔药课教室，哈利的心情好转了不少。
The Potions classroom had strange preserved creatures floating in huge jars on shelves that covered every centimeter of wall space between the closets. Harry had gotten far enough along in his reading now that he could actually identify some of the creatures, like the Zabriskan Fontema. Albeit the fifty-centimeter spider looked like an Acromantula but it was too small to be one. He'd tried asking Hermione, but she hadn't seemed very interested in looking anywhere near where he was pointing.
魔药课教室里，壁橱与壁橱之间的墙面上连一厘米空隙都没剩下，全装了架子，架子上摆着巨大的玻璃罐，里面漂浮着各种奇怪的标本。哈利书已经读得够多了，能认出其中一些东西，比如扎布里斯坎浮游兽。只是那只五十厘米长的蜘蛛看着像八眼巨蛛，个头却太小，算不上。他本想去问赫敏，可她似乎并不乐意朝他指的方向看上哪怕一眼。
Harry was looking at a large dust ball with eyes and feet when the assassin swept into the room.
哈利正盯着一只长了眼睛和脚的大灰尘球看，刺客就在这时大步走进了房间。
That was the first thought that crossed Harry's mind when he saw Professor Severus Snape. There was something quiet and deadly about the way the man stalked between the children's desks. His robes were unkempt, his hair spotted and greasy. There was something about him that seemed reminiscent of Lucius, although the two of them looked nothing remotely alike, and you got the impression that where Lucius would kill you with flawless elegance, this man would simply kill you.
这是哈利看见西弗勒斯·斯内普教授时冒出的第一个念头。那人在孩子们的课桌之间穿行的样子，安静而致命。他的袍子邋里邋遢，头发油腻，上面还沾着斑斑点点。他身上有某种东西让人想到卢修斯，尽管这两个人长得毫无相似之处；你会觉得，卢修斯要杀你会杀得优雅无瑕，而这个人只会干脆把你杀掉。
"Sit down," said Professor Severus Snape. "Now."
「都坐下，」西弗勒斯·斯内普教授说。「马上。」
Harry and a few other children who had been standing around talking to each other scrambled for desks. Harry had planned on ending up next to Hermione but somehow he found himself sitting down in the nearest empty desk next to Justin Finch-Fletchley (it was a Doubles session, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff) which put him two desks to the left of Hermione.
哈利和另外几个原本站着互相说话的孩子慌忙去找座位。哈利本来打算坐到赫敏旁边，结果不知怎么坐进了离他最近的那张空桌子，挨着贾斯廷·芬列里（这是合班课，拉文克劳和赫奇帕奇一起上），这样一来，他就在赫敏左手边，中间隔了两张桌子。
Severus seated himself behind the teacher's desk, and without the slightest transition or introduction, said, "Hannah Abbott."
西弗勒斯在教师桌后面坐下，没有一点过渡，也不作任何介绍，张口就说：「汉娜·艾博。」
"Here," said Hannah in a somewhat trembling voice.
「到，」汉娜的声音有点发抖。
"Susan Bones."
「苏珊·博恩斯。」
"Present."
「到。」
And so it went, no one daring to say a word in edgewise, until:
点名就这样一路下去，谁也不敢插一句嘴，直到：
"Ah, yes. Harry Potter. Our new... celebrity."
「啊，对了。哈利·波特。我们新来的……名人。」
"The celebrity is present, sir."
「名人到了，先生。」
Half the class flinched, and some of the smarter ones suddenly looked like they wanted to run out the door while the classroom was still there.
半个班的人都缩了一下，几个机灵些的，脸上忽然露出那种恨不得趁教室还在、赶紧从门口跑出去的表情。
Severus smiled in an anticipatory sort of way and called the next name on his list.
西弗勒斯露出一种期待的微笑，接着念名单上的下一个名字。
Harry gave a mental sigh. That had happened way too fast for him to do anything about it. Oh well. Clearly this man already didn't like him, for whatever reason. And when Harry thought about it, better by far that this Potions professor should pick on him rather than, say, Neville or Hermione. Harry was a lot better able to defend himself. Yep, probably all for the best.
哈利在心里叹了口气。刚才发生得太快，他根本来不及做什么。算了。不管因为什么，这个人显然已经看他不顺眼了。再想一想，这位魔药学教授要找人开刀，冲他来，总比冲纳威或者赫敏来要好得多。哈利的自保能力强得多。嗯，大概这样最好了。
When full attendance had been taken, Severus swept his gaze over the full class. His eyes were as empty as a night sky without stars.
全班点完名之后，西弗勒斯把目光扫过整个教室。他的眼睛像没有星星的夜空一样空。
"You are here," Severus said in a quiet voice which the students at back strained to hear, "to learn the subtle science and exact art of potionmaking. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins," this in a rather caressing, gloating tone, "bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses," this was just getting creepier and creepier. "I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death - if you aren't as great a pack of fools as I usually have to teach."
「你们到这里来，」西弗勒斯的声音很轻，后排的学生得使劲听才听得见，「是为了学习配制魔药这门精妙的科学和精确的工艺。这里不大需要傻乎乎地挥魔杖，所以你们中的很多人不会相信这也算魔法。我不指望你们真能领会那口微微沸腾的坩埚连同它闪动的雾气有多美，也不指望你们懂得那种在人的血管里悄悄蔓延的药水所具有的细腻力量，」——这一句他说得既像爱抚，又透着得意——「迷惑心智，缠住感官，」——这话越说越让人毛骨悚然——「我可以教你们怎么把名望装进瓶子，酿出荣耀，甚至把死亡锁住——只要你们不像我平常不得不教的那帮人一样，是一大群蠢货。」
Severus somehow seemed to notice the look of skepticism on Harry's face, or at least his eyes suddenly jumped to where Harry was sitting.
不知怎么，西弗勒斯似乎注意到了哈利脸上怀疑的神色，或者至少，他的目光忽然跳到了哈利坐的地方。
"Potter!" snapped the Potions professor. "What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"
「波特！」魔药学教授厉声说。「如果我把日光兰的根粉加进苦艾浸液里，会得到什么？」
Harry blinked. "Was that in Magical Drafts and Potions?" he said. "I just finished reading it, and I don't remember anything which used wormwood -"
哈利眨了眨眼。「这个在《魔法药剂与药水》里吗？」他说。「我刚读完那本书，不记得有哪个配方用到了苦艾——」
Hermione's hand went up and Harry shot her a glare which caused her to raise her hand even higher.
赫敏举起了手，哈利瞪了她一眼，结果她把手举得更高了。
"Tut, tut," Severus said silkily. "Fame clearly isn't everything."
「啧，啧，」西弗勒斯用丝一般滑的调子说。「名气显然并不等于一切。」
"Really?" Harry said. "But you just told us you'd teach us how to bottle fame. Say, how does that work, exactly? You drink it and turn into a celebrity?"
「是吗？」哈利说。「可你刚才说会教我们怎么把名望装进瓶子。那请问，这到底是怎么个原理？喝下去就能变成名人？」
Three-quarters of the class flinched.
四分之三的学生都缩了一下。
Hermione's hand was dropping slowly back down. Well, that wasn't surprising. She might be his rival, but she wasn't the sort of girl who would play along after it became clear that the professor was deliberately trying to humiliate him.
赫敏的手慢慢放了下来。这不奇怪。她也许是他的竞争对手，可一旦看清楚教授是在有意羞辱他，她不是那种还会跟着配合的女孩。
Harry was trying hard to keep control of his temper. The first rejoinder that had crossed his mind was 'Abracadabra'.
哈利正拼命压着自己的脾气。他脑子里冒出来的第一句回敬是「Abracadabra」。
"Let's try again," said Severus. "Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"
「再试一次，」西弗勒斯说。「波特，如果我叫你给我找一块牛黄来，你会去哪里找？」
"That's not in the textbook either," Harry said, "but in one Muggle book I read that a trichinobezoar is a mass of solidified hair found in a human stomach, and Muggles used to believe it would cure any poison -"
「这个课本里也没有，」哈利说，「不过我在一本麻瓜的书里读到，毛发牛黄是人的胃里凝结成团的一堆毛发，麻瓜以前相信它能解所有的毒——」
"Wrong," Severus said. "A bezoar is found in the stomach of a goat, it is not made of hair, and it will cure most poisons but not all."
「错了，」西弗勒斯说。「牛黄长在山羊的胃里，不是毛发做的，它能解大部分毒，但不是全部。」
"I didn't say it would, I said that was what I read in one Muggle book -"
「我没说它能，我说的是我在一本麻瓜书里读到的——」
"No one here is interested in your pathetic Muggle books. Final try. What is the difference, Potter, between monksblood and wolfsbane?"
「这里没人对你那些可悲的麻瓜书感兴趣。最后一次机会。波特，附子草和狼毒草有什么区别？」
That did it.
这一下把他点着了。
"You know," Harry said icily, "in one of my quite fascinating Muggle books, they describe a study in which people managed to make themselves look very smart by asking questions about random facts that only they knew. Apparently the onlookers only noticed that the askers knew and the answerers didn't, and failed to adjust for the unfairness of the underlying game. So, Professor, can you tell me how many electrons are in the outermost orbital of a carbon atom?"
「你知道吗，」哈利冷冷地说，「我那些相当有趣的麻瓜书里，有一本讲了一项研究：人们靠问一些只有自己才知道的零碎事实，就能让自己显得非常聪明。看来旁观者只注意到提问的人知道答案、回答问题的人不知道，却没有去纠正这场游戏本身的不公平。那么，教授，你能告诉我碳原子最外层轨道上有几个电子吗？」
Severus's smile widened. "Four," he said. "It is a useless fact which no one should bother writing down, however. And for your information, Potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death. As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite, as you would know if you had read One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi. Thought you didn't need to open the book before coming, eh, Potter? All the rest of you should be copying that down so that you will not be as ignorant as him." Severus paused, looking quite pleased with himself. "And that will be... five points? No, let us make it an even ten points from Ravenclaw for backchat."
西弗勒斯笑得更开了。「四个，」他说。「不过这是个没用的事实，谁都不必费心把它写下来。顺便告诉你，波特，日光兰和苦艾能配出一种安眠药水，药效强到被称为活地狱汤剂。至于附子草和狼毒草，它们是同一种植物，另有一个名字叫乌头——你要是读过《一千种神奇药草与蕈类》，本来就会知道。以为来上课之前不用翻书，是吧，波特？你们其余的人最好把这些抄下来，省得跟他一样无知。」西弗勒斯停了一下，看上去相当得意。「那就扣……5 分？不，干脆凑个整数：为顶嘴，扣拉文克劳 10 分。」
Hermione gasped, along with a number of others.
赫敏倒吸一口凉气，另外好几个学生也一样。
"Professor Severus Snape," Harry bit out. "I know of nothing which I have done to earn your enmity. If there is some problem you have with me which I do not know about, I suggest we -"
「西弗勒斯·斯内普教授，」哈利咬着牙一字一字地说。「我想不出我做过什么，值得你这样敌视我。如果你对我有什么不满，而我又不知道，我建议我们——」
"Shut up, Potter. Ten more points from Ravenclaw. The rest of you, open your books to page 3."
「闭嘴，波特。再扣拉文克劳 10 分。其他人，把书翻到第 3 页。」
There was only a slight, only a very faint burning sensation in the back of Harry's throat, and no moisture at all in his eyes. If crying was not an effective strategy for destroying this Potions professor then there was no point in crying.
哈利的喉咙深处只有一点轻微的、非常非常淡的烧灼感，眼睛里一滴泪水也没有。既然哭不是毁掉这位魔药学教授的有效办法，那哭就没有意义。
Slowly, Harry sat up very straight. All his blood seemed to have been drained away and replaced with liquid nitrogen. He knew he'd been trying to keep his temper but he couldn't seem to remember why.
哈利慢慢地坐得笔直。他全身的血好像都被抽干了，换成了液氮。他知道自己一直在努力忍住脾气，可是似乎想不起来是为了什么。
"Harry," whispered Hermione frantically from two desks over, "stop, please, it's all right, we won't count it -"
「哈利，」隔着两张桌子，赫敏急切地低声说，「别这样，求你了，没关系的，我们不计较这个——」
"Talking in class, Granger? Three -"
「上课讲话，格兰杰？扣 3——」
"So," said a voice colder than zero Kelvin, "how does one go about filing a formal complaint against an abusive professor? Does one talk to the Deputy Headmistress, write a letter to the Board of Governors... would you care to explain how it works?"
「那么，」一个比绝对零度还冷的声音说，「要正式投诉一位有虐待倾向的教授，该走什么程序？是去找副校长谈，还是给校董会写信……能麻烦你解释一下这到底是怎么运作的吗？」
The class was utterly frozen.
整个教室彻底冻住了。
"Detention for one month, Potter," Severus said, smiling even more broadly.
「关禁闭一个月，波特，」西弗勒斯说，笑得更开了。
"I decline to recognize your authority as a teacher and I will not serve any detention you give."
「我拒绝承认你作为教师的权威，你判的禁闭我一个也不去。」
People stopped breathing.
所有人都屏住了呼吸。
Severus's smile vanished. "Then you will be -" his voice stopped short.
西弗勒斯的笑容消失了。「那么你会被——」他的声音戛然而止。
"Expelled, were you about to say?" Harry, on the other hand, was now smiling thinly. "But then you seemed to doubt your ability to carry out the threat, or fear the consequences if you did. I, on the other hand, neither doubt nor fear the prospect of finding a school with less abusive professors. Or perhaps I should hire private tutors, as is my accustomed practice, and be taught at my full learning speed. I have enough money in my vault. Something about bounties on a Dark Lord I defeated. But there are teachers at Hogwarts who I rather like, so I think it will be easier if I find some way to get rid of you instead."
「你是想说开除吧？」哈利这边，此刻反倒露出了一点淡淡的笑。「可你刚才似乎怀疑自己有没有能力把这句话兑现，要不就是害怕真这么做了的后果。而我这边，既不怀疑，也不害怕找不到一所教授没那么爱虐待人的学校。又或者，我也可以像平常那样请私人教师，按我全部的学习速度上课。我金库里的钱足够。好像是打败某个黑魔王的赏金之类。不过霍格沃茨确实有几位我挺喜欢的教授，所以我想，还是找个办法把你弄走更省事。」
"Get rid of me?" Severus said, now also smiling thinly. "What an amusing conceit. How do you suppose you will do that, Potter?"
「把我弄走？」西弗勒斯说，这会儿他也淡淡地笑了起来。「多可笑的自负。你打算怎么办到呢，波特？」
"I understand there have been a number of complaints about you from students and their parents," a guess but a safe one, "which leaves only the question of why you're not already gone. Is Hogwarts too financially strapped to afford a real Potions professor? I could chip in, if so. I'm sure they could find a better class of teacher if they offered double your current salary."
「据我所知，学生和家长对你提过不少意见，」——这是猜的，但猜得很稳——「那就只剩一个问题：你为什么还没走。霍格沃茨是穷得请不起一位像样的魔药学教授了吗？要真是这样，我可以出钱。我相信只要开出你现在的双倍薪水，他们肯定能请到档次高得多的老师。」
Two poles of ice radiated freezing winter across the classroom.
两根冰柱朝整个教室放射着隆冬的寒气。
"You will find," Severus said softly, "that the Board of Governers is not the slightest bit sympathetic to your offer."
「你会发现，」西弗勒斯轻声说，「校董会对你的提议没有半点兴趣。」
"Lucius..." Harry said. "That's why you're still here. Perhaps I should chat with Lucius about that. I believe he desires to meet with me. I wonder if I have anything he wants?"
「卢修斯……」哈利说。「这就是你还在这儿的原因。也许我该找卢修斯聊聊这件事。我相信他很想见我。不知道我身上有没有他想要的东西？」
Hermione frantically shook her head. Harry noticed out of the corner of his eye, but his attention was all on Severus.
赫敏拼命摇头。哈利从眼角瞥见了，但他的注意力全在西弗勒斯身上。
"You are a very foolish boy," Severus said. He wasn't smiling at all, now. "You have nothing that Lucius values more than my friendship. And if you did, I have other allies." His voice grew hard. "And I find it increasingly unlikely that you were not Sorted into Slytherin. How was it that you managed to stay out of my House? Ah, yes, because the Sorting Hat claimed it was joking. For the first time in recorded history. What were you really chatting about with the Sorting Hat, Potter? Did you have something that it wanted?"
「你是个非常愚蠢的男孩，」西弗勒斯说。此刻他脸上一点笑容都没有了。「你身上没有任何东西，是卢修斯看得比我的友谊更重的。就算你有，我还有别的盟友。」他的声音变得冷硬起来。「而且我越来越觉得，你当初没被分进斯莱特林，实在说不通。你是怎么躲开我的学院的？啊，对了，因为分院帽声称它在开玩笑。有史以来第一次。波特，你和分院帽到底聊了些什么？你身上是不是有它想要的东西？」
Harry stared into Severus's cold gaze and remembered that the Sorting Hat had warned him not to meet anyone's eyes while thinking about - Harry dropped his gaze to Severus's desk.
哈利迎着西弗勒斯冰冷的目光，想起分院帽警告过他：想到那件事的时候不要看任何人的眼睛——哈利把视线垂到西弗勒斯的桌上。
"You seem oddly reluctant to look me in the eyes, Potter!"
「你好像很不愿意看我的眼睛啊，波特！」
A shock of sudden understanding - "So it was you the Sorting Hat was warning me about!"
一阵猛然的醒悟——「原来分院帽警告我提防的人就是你！」
"What?" said Severus's voice, sounding genuinely surprised, though of course Harry didn't look at his face.
「什么？」西弗勒斯的声音说，听起来是真的吃了一惊，当然，哈利没有去看他的脸。
Harry got up out of his desk.
哈利从课桌后站了起来。
"Sit down, Potter," said an angry voice from somewhere he wasn't looking.
「坐下，波特，」一个愤怒的声音从他没看的方向传来。
Harry ignored it, and looked around the classroom. "I have no intention of letting one unprofessional teacher ruin my time at Hogwarts," Harry said with deadly calm. "I think I'll take my leave of this class, and either hire a tutor to teach me Potions while I'm here, or if the Board is really that locked up, learn over the summer. If any of you decide that you don't care to be bullied by this man, my sessions will be open to you."
哈利没有理会，环顾了一圈教室。「我无意让一个不称职的老师毁掉我在霍格沃茨的日子，」哈利说，语气冷静得可怕。「我打算退出这堂课；我在霍格沃茨这段时间，另外请一位私人教师教我魔药；要是校董会真那么顽固，我就在暑假里学。你们当中谁要是不想再被这个人欺负，我的课随时向你们敞开。」
"Sit down, Potter! "
「坐下，波特！」
Harry strode across the room and grasped the doorknob.
哈利大步穿过教室，握住了门把手。
It didn't turn.
门把手转不动。
Harry slowly turned around, and caught a glimpse of Severus smiling nastily before he remembered to look away.
哈利慢慢转过身，在他想起该移开目光之前，瞥见西弗勒斯露出了恶毒的笑容。
"Open this door."
「把门打开。」
"No," said Severus.
「不，」西弗勒斯说。
"You are making me feel threatened," said a voice so icy it didn't sound like Harry's at all, "and that is a mistake."
「你让我感到自己受到了威胁，」一个冰冷得完全不像是哈利的声音说，「这是个错误。」
Severus's voice laughed. "What do you intend to do about it, little boy?"
西弗勒斯的声音笑了。「那你打算怎么办呢，小朋友？」
Harry took six long strides forward away from the door, until he was standing near the back row of desks.
哈利离开门口，向前走了六大步，一直站到最后一排课桌附近。
Then Harry drew himself upright and raised his right hand in one terrible motion, fingers poised to snap.
然后哈利挺直身体，以一个可怖的动作抬起右手，手指摆出要打响指的姿势。
Neville screamed and dived under his desk. Other children shrank back or instinctively raised their arms to shield themselves.
纳威尖叫一声，钻到课桌底下。别的孩子有的往后缩，有的本能地抬起手臂护住自己。
"Harry don't! " shrieked Hermione. "Whatever you were going to do to him, don't do it!"
「哈利，别！」赫敏尖声叫道。「不管你打算对他做什么，都别做！」
"Have you all gone mad? " barked Severus's voice.
「你们都疯了吗？」西弗勒斯的声音喝道。
Slowly, Harry lowered his hand. "I wasn't going to hurt him, Hermione," Harry said, his voice a little lower. "I was just going to blow up the door."
哈利慢慢放下了手。「我没打算伤害他，赫敏，」哈利说，声音低了一些。「我只是想把门炸开。」
Though now that Harry remembered it, you weren't supposed to Transfigure things that were to be burned, which meant that going back in time afterward and getting Fred or George to Transfigure some carefully measured amount of explosives might not actually have been such a good idea...
不过哈利现在想起来了，本来要被烧掉的东西，是不该用变形术变出来的，这意味着，事后再回到过去、让弗雷德或者乔治变出分量精确的炸药，其实未必是个好主意……
"Silencio," said Severus's voice.
*「Silencio，」*西弗勒斯的声音说。
Harry tried to say "What?" and found that no sound was coming out.
哈利想说「什么？」，却发现自己发不出一点声音。
"This has become ridiculous. I think you've been allowed to get yourself in enough trouble for one day, Potter. You are the most disruptive and unruly student I have ever seen, and I don't recall how many points Ravenclaw has right now, but I'm sure I can manage to wipe them all out. Ten points from Ravenclaw. Ten points from Ravenclaw. Ten points from Ravenclaw! Fifty points from Ravenclaw! Now sit down and watch the rest of the class take their lesson!"
「这已经荒唐透顶了。波特，我看你今天给自己惹的麻烦已经够多了。你是我见过的最爱捣乱、最不服管教的学生，我不记得拉文克劳现在有多少分，但我肯定有办法把它们全扣光。扣拉文克劳 10 分。扣拉文克劳 10 分。扣拉文克劳 10 分！扣拉文克劳 50 分！现在坐下，看着其他同学上课！」
Harry put his hand into his pouch and tried to say 'marker' but of course no words came out. For one brief moment that stopped him; and then it occurred to Harry to spell out M-A-R-K-E-R using finger motions, which worked. P-A-D and he had a pad of paper. Harry strode over to an empty desk, not the one he'd originally sat down in, and scrawled a brief message. He tore off that sheet of paper, put away the marker and pad in a pocket of his robes for quicker access, and held up his message, not to Snape, but to the rest of the class.
哈利把手伸进莫克皮袋，想说「记号笔」，可是当然一个字也说不出来。有短短一瞬，他卡住了；接着他想到可以用手指的动作拼出 M-A-R-K-E-R，这招管用。P-A-D，他手里就有了一个便笺本。哈利大步走到一张空课桌旁，不是他原先坐的那张，潦草地写下一句简短的话。他撕下那页纸，把记号笔和便笺本收进袍子的一个口袋里，好方便随时取用，然后举起他写的话，不是给斯内普看，而是给全班看。
I'M LEAVING
DOES ANYONE ELSE
NEED TO GET OUT?
我要走了
还有谁
需要离开？
"You're insane, Potter," Severus said with cold contempt.
「你疯了，波特，」西弗勒斯说，语气里是冷冷的轻蔑。
Aside from that, no one spoke.
除此之外，没有人说话。
Harry swept an ironic bow to the teacher's desk, walked over to the wall, and with one smooth motion yanked open a closet door, stepped in, and slammed the door shut behind him.
哈利朝教师桌潇洒地鞠了一个带刺的躬，走到墙边，一个流畅的动作拉开一扇壁橱门，跨了进去，反手把门重重关上。
There was the muffled sound of someone snapping his fingers, and then nothing.
壁橱里传来一声闷闷的响指，随后便什么动静都没有了。
In the classroom, students looked at each other in puzzlement and fear.
教室里，学生们面面相觑，又困惑又害怕。
The Potions Master's face was now completely enraged. He crossed the room in terrible strides and yanked open the closet door.
魔药学教授的脸上此刻怒不可遏。他迈着可怕的大步穿过教室，一把拉开壁橱的门。
The closet was empty.
壁橱是空的。
One hour earlier, Harry listened from inside the closed closet. There was no sound from outside, and no point in taking risks either.
一个小时前，哈利待在关着的壁橱里，听着外面的动静。外面没有一点声音，而他也没有理由去冒任何风险。
C-L-O-A-K, his fingers spelled out.
C-L-O-A-K，他的手指拼出这几个字母。
Once he was invisible, he very carefully and slowly cracked open the closet door and peeked out. No one seemed to be in the classroom.
隐身之后，他极其小心、极其缓慢地把壁橱门推开一条缝，往外看了一眼。教室里似乎一个人也没有。
The door wasn't locked.
门没有上锁。
It was when Harry was outside the dangerous place and inside the hallway, safely invisible, that some of the anger drained away and he realized what he'd just done.
直到哈利离开那个危险的地方，站到了走廊里，安全地隐着身，一部分怒火才退去，他这才意识到自己刚才做了什么。
What he'd just done.
他刚才做了什么。
Harry's invisible face was frozen in absolute horror.
哈利那张隐形的脸凝固在彻底的恐惧里。
He'd antagonized a teacher three orders of magnitude beyond anything he'd ever managed before. He'd threatened to walk out of Hogwarts and might have to follow through on it. He'd lost all the points Ravenclaw had and then he'd used the Time-Turner...
他这次把一位老师惹怒的程度，比他从前任何一次都要严重三个数量级。他威胁要退出霍格沃茨，而且可能不得不说到做到。他把拉文克劳的分数全丢光了，接着又动用了时间转换器……
His imagination showed him his parents yelling at him after he was expelled, Professor McGonagall disappointed in him, and it was just too painful and he couldn't bear it and he couldn't think of any way to save himself -
他的想象让他看见自己被开除之后父母冲他大吼，麦格教授对他失望透顶——那实在太痛苦，他承受不了，也想不出任何办法救自己——
The thought that Harry allowed himself to think was that if getting angry had gotten him into all this trouble, then maybe when he was angry he'd think of a way out, things seemed clearer somehow when he was angry.
哈利允许自己去想的那个念头是：如果生气给他惹来了这么多麻烦，那么也许生气的时候，他就能想出脱身的办法——不知为什么，生气的时候，事情看起来总清楚一些。
And the thought that Harry didn't let himself think was that he just couldn't face this future if he wasn't angry.
而哈利不让自己去想的那个念头是：如果不生气，他根本没法面对这样的未来。
So he cast his thoughts back and remembered the burning humiliation -
于是他把思绪往回拨，回想起那种火辣辣的羞辱——
Tut, tut. Fame clearly isn't everything.
啧，啧。名气显然不等于一切。
Ten points from Ravenclaw for backchat.
为顶嘴扣拉文克劳 10 分。
The calming cold washed back through his veins like a wave reflected and returning from some breaker, and Harry let out his breath.
那股令人镇静的寒意重新流过他的血管，像一道浪撞上什么阻碍又反折回来，哈利呼出一口气。
Okay. Back to being sane now.
好。现在重新回到理智状态。
He was actually feeling a bit disappointed in his non-angry self for collapsing like that and wanting only to get out of trouble. Professor Severus Snape was everyone's problem. Normal-Harry had forgotten that and wished for a way to protect himself. And let all the other victims go hang? The question wasn't how to protect himself, the question was how to destroy this Potions professor.
他其实对不生气的那个自己有点失望：居然就这样垮掉，只想着摆脱眼前的麻烦。西弗勒斯·斯内普教授是所有人的问题。正常状态的哈利忘了这一点，只盼着能找到一个保护自己的办法。至于其他受害者，就让他们自生自灭吗？问题不是怎样保护自己，问题是怎样毁掉这位魔药学教授。
So this is my dark side, is it? Bit of a prejudiced term that, my light side seems more selfish and cowardly, not to mention confused and panicky.
那么这就是我的黑暗面了？这个说法有点偏心啊——我的光明面看起来更自私、更怯懦，更别说还又糊涂、又惊慌。
And now that he was thinking clearly, it was equally clear what to do next. He'd already given himself an extra hour to prepare, and could get up to five hours more if required...
既然他现在想清楚了，接下来该做什么也就同样清楚。他已经给自己多争到了一个小时做准备，如果需要，最多还能再争到五个小时……
Minerva McGonagall waited in the Headmaster's office.
米勒娃·麦格在校长办公室里等着。
Dumbledore sat in his padded throne behind his desk, dressed in four layers of formal lavender robes. Minerva sat in a chair before him, opposite Severus in another chair. Facing the three of them was an empty wooden stool.
邓布利多坐在办公桌后面那张垫得厚实的宝座上，身上是四层淡紫色的正式礼袍。米勒娃在他面前的一把椅子上坐下，西弗勒斯坐在另一把椅子上，正对着她。三人面前摆着一张空木凳。
They were waiting for Harry Potter.
他们在等哈利·波特。
Harry, Minerva thought despairingly, you promised you wouldn't bite any teachers!
哈利，米勒娃绝望地想，你答应过不咬任何老师的！
And in her mind she could see very clearly the reply, Harry's angry face and his outraged response: I said I wouldn't bite anyone who didn't bite me first!
而在她心里，那个回答清晰得能看见——哈利愤怒的脸，和他义愤填膺的回应：我说过，别人不先咬我，我就不咬人！
There was a knock at the door.
门上响起了敲击声。
"Come in!" Dumbledore called.
「进来！」邓布利多应道。
The door swept open, and Harry Potter entered. Minerva almost gasped out loud. The boy looked cool, collected, and utterly in control of himself.
门唰地开了，哈利·波特走进来。米勒娃差点当场倒吸一口凉气。这孩子看上去冷静、镇定，把自己控制得滴水不漏。
"Good mor-" Harry's voice suddenly cut off. His jaw dropped.
「早上——」哈利的声音突然断了。他的下巴掉了下来。
Minerva tracked Harry's gaze, and she saw that Harry was staring at Fawkes where the phoenix sat on its golden perch. Fawkes fluttered his bright red-golden wings like the flickering of a flame, and dipped his head in a measured nod to the boy.
米勒娃顺着哈利的目光看过去，看见他正瞪着坐在金色栖架上的凤凰福克斯。福克斯抖动着明亮的金红色翅膀，像火焰在跳动，又朝男孩颇有分寸地点了下头。
Harry turned to stare at Dumbledore.
哈利转过头，瞪着邓布利多。
Dumbledore winked at him.
邓布利多冲他眨了眨眼。
Minerva felt she was missing something.
米勒娃觉得自己漏掉了什么。
Sudden uncertainty crossed Harry's face. His coolness wavered. Fear showed in his eyes, then anger, and then the boy was calm again.
一种突如其来的茫然掠过哈利的脸。他的镇定动摇了。他眼里先露出恐惧，然后是愤怒，接着男孩又平静了下来。
A chill went down Minerva's spine. Something was not right here.
一阵凉意顺着米勒娃的脊背滑下去。这里有什么地方不对劲。
"Please sit down," said Dumbledore. His face was now serious once more.
「请坐，」邓布利多说。他的表情又严肃起来。
Harry sat.
哈利坐下了。
"So, Harry," said Dumbledore. "I've heard one report of this day from Professor Snape. Would you care to tell me what happened in your own words?"
「那么，哈利，」邓布利多说，「今天的事，我已经听过斯内普教授的一份报告。你愿意用自己的话告诉我发生了什么吗？」
Harry's gaze flicked dismissively to Severus. "It's not complicated," said the boy, smiling thinly. "He tried bullying me the way he's been bullying every non-Slytherin in the school since the day Lucius foisted him off on you. As for the other details, I request a private conversation with you concerning them. A student who is reporting abusive behavior from a professor can hardly be expected to speak frankly in front of that same professor, after all."
哈利的目光轻蔑地掠过西弗勒斯。「不复杂，」男孩说，笑容很淡，「他想欺负我——用的还是老一套，跟他从卢修斯把他硬塞给你那天起对付学校里每一个非斯莱特林学生的做法一样。至于其他细节，我要求跟你单独谈。毕竟，一个举报教授虐待行为的学生，总不能指望他在那位教授本人面前说实话吧。」
This time Minerva couldn't stop herself from gasping out loud.
这一次，米勒娃没能忍住，当场倒吸了一口凉气。
Severus simply laughed.
西弗勒斯只是笑。
And the Headmaster's face grew grave. "Mr. Potter," the Headmaster said, "one does not speak of a Hogwarts professor in such terms. I fear that you labor under a terrible misapprehension. Professor Severus Snape has my fullest confidence, and serves Hogwarts at my own behest, not Lucius Malfoy's."
校长的表情变得凝重。「波特先生，」校长说，「没有人用这种口气谈论一位霍格沃茨的教授。恐怕你抱有一个严重的误解。西弗勒斯·斯内普教授拥有我全部的信任，他是我本人请来为霍格沃茨工作的，不是卢修斯·马尔福的人。」
There was silence for a few moments.
接下来沉默了几秒钟。
When the boy spoke again his voice was icy. "Am I missing something here?"
男孩再次开口时，声音冷得像冰。「我是不是漏掉了什么？」
"Quite a number of things, Mr. Potter," said the Headmaster. "You should understand, to start with, that the purpose of this meeting is to discuss how to discipline you for the events of this morning."
「漏掉的可不止一件事，波特先生，」校长说，「你首先应该明白，这场会面要讨论的，是怎么为今天早上的事处分你。」
"This man has terrorized your school for years. I spoke to students and collected stories to make sure there would be enough for a newspaper campaign to rally the parents against him. Some of the younger students cried while they told me. I almost cried when I heard them! You allowed this abuser to run free? You did this to your students? Why? "
「这个人恐吓你的学校已经很多年了。我找学生谈过话，收集了他们的讲述，确保这些材料足够在报纸上发起一场运动，把家长们都鼓动起来反对他。有些年纪小的学生是一边哭一边讲的。我听着差点也哭了！你竟放任这个虐待狂自由活动？你对你的学生做了这种事？为什么？」
Minerva swallowed a lump in her throat. She'd - thought that, sometimes, but somehow she'd never quite -
米勒娃咽下喉咙里的一个硬块。她——也想过，有时候想过，但不知怎么的，她始终没能真正——
"Mr. Potter," said the Headmaster, his voice now stern, "this meeting is not about Professor Snape. It is about you and your disregard for school discipline. Professor Snape has suggested, and I have agreed, that three full months of detention will be appropriate -"
「波特先生，」校长说，声音严厉起来，「这场会面不是关于斯内普教授的。是关于你，以及你无视校规的行为。斯内普教授建议、我也同意，关你整整三个月的禁闭是合适的——」
"Declined," Harry said icily.
「我拒绝，」哈利冷冷地说。
Minerva was speechless.
米勒娃说不出话。
"This is not a request, Mr. Potter," the Headmaster said. The full, entire force of the wizard's gaze was turned on the boy. "This is your punishme-"
「这不是请求，波特先生，」校长说。他整个人的目光全部压在男孩身上。「这是对你的惩——」
"You will explain to me why you allowed this man to hurt the children placed in your care, and if your explanation is not sufficient then I will begin my newspaper campaign with you as the target."
「你要向我解释，你为什么放任这个人伤害交到你手上照顾的孩子；如果你的解释不够充分，我的报纸运动就第一个拿你当靶子。」
Minerva's body swayed with the force of that blow, with the sheer raw lese majeste.
米勒娃被这一击打得身子一晃——那是何等赤裸裸的犯上。
Even Severus looked shocked.
连西弗勒斯都露出了震惊的样子。
"That, Harry, would be most extremely unwise," Dumbledore said slowly. "I am the primary piece opposing Lucius on the gameboard. For you to do such a thing would strengthen him greatly, and I did not think that was your chosen side."
「哈利，那样做极其不明智，」邓布利多慢慢地说，「在棋盘上，我是对抗卢修斯的主力棋子。你要是这么做，会大大增强他的力量，而我本来以为，那不是你选中的一边。」
The boy was still for a long moment.
男孩久久没有说话。
"This conversation grows private," Harry said. His hand flicked in Severus's direction. "Send him away."
「这场谈话得私下进行，」哈利说。他的手朝西弗勒斯那边一甩。「让他出去。」
Dumbledore shook his head. "Harry, did I not tell you that Severus Snape has my fullest confidence?"
邓布利多摇摇头。「哈利，我不是告诉过你，西弗勒斯·斯内普拥有我全部的信任吗？」
The boy's face showed the shock of it. "This man's bullying makes you vulnerable! I am not the only one who could start a newspaper campaign against you! This is insane! Why are you doing this?"
男孩脸上显出被这话砸中的震惊。「这个人的欺凌会让你变得脆弱！能在报纸上对你发起运动的，我不是唯一一个！这简直是发疯！你为什么要这么做？」
Dumbledore sighed. "I'm sorry, Harry. It has to do with things that you are not, at this time, ready to hear."
邓布利多叹了口气。「对不起，哈利。这事牵涉到一些你目前还没准备好听的东西。」
The boy stared at Dumbledore. Then he turned to look at Severus. Then back to Dumbledore again.
男孩盯着邓布利多。然后转头去看西弗勒斯。然后又转回邓布利多。
"It is insanity," the boy said slowly. "You haven't reined him in because you think he's part of the pattern. That Hogwarts needs an evil Potions Master to be a proper magical school, just as it needs a ghost to teach History."
「这确实是疯，」男孩慢慢地说，「你一直没收住他，是因为你以为他是那个规律的一部分。霍格沃茨需要有一个邪恶的魔药学教授，才算得上一所像样的魔法学校，就像它需要一个鬼魂来教魔法史一样。」
"That does sound like the sort of thing I would do, doesn't it?" said Dumbledore, smiling.
「这听起来确实像是我会做的事，不是吗？」邓布利多笑着说。
"Unacceptable," Harry said flatly. His gaze was now cold and dark. "I will not tolerate bullying or abuse. I had considered many possible ways of dealing with this problem, but I will make it simple. Either this man goes, or I do."
「不能接受，」哈利说得很干脆。他的目光此刻又冷又暗。「我不会容忍欺凌和虐待。处理这个问题，我考虑过很多种办法，但我现在把它简化一下：要么这个人走，要么我走。」
Minerva gasped again. Something strange flickered in Severus's eyes.
米勒娃又一次倒吸了一口凉气。西弗勒斯的眼里有什么奇怪的东西一闪而过。
Now Dumbledore's gaze was also growing cold. "Expulsion, Mr. Potter, is the final threat which may be used against a student. It is not customarily used as a threat by students against the Headmaster. This is the best magical school in the entire world, and an education here is not an opportunity given to everyone. Are you under the impression that Hogwarts cannot get along without you?"
现在邓布利多的目光也冷下来了。「开除，波特先生，是能对一个学生使用的最后手段。学生们通常不会拿它来威胁校长。这里是全世界最好的魔法学校，在这里受教育的机会不是人人都有的。你以为霍格沃茨没有你就办不下去？」
And Harry sat there, smiling thinly.
而哈利只是坐在那里，淡淡地笑着。
Sudden horror dawned on Minerva. Surely Harry wouldn't -
米勒娃忽然感到一阵恐惧。哈利总不会——
"You forget," Harry said, "that you're not the only one who can see patterns. This grows private. Now send him -" Harry flicked a hand at Severus again, and then stopped in mid-sentence and mid-gesture.
「你忘了，」哈利说，「能看到规律的不止你一个。这场谈话得私下进行。现在把他——」哈利又朝西弗勒斯一甩手，然后半句话、半个手势都停在了那里。
Minerva could see it on Harry's face, the moment when he remembered.
米勒娃能从哈利脸上看到那一刻——他想起来了。
She'd told him, after all.
毕竟，是她告诉他的。
"Mr. Potter," said the Headmaster, "once again, Severus Snape has my fullest confidence."
「波特先生，」校长说，「我再说一次：西弗勒斯·斯内普拥有我全部的信任。」
"You told him," whispered the boy. "You utter fool."
「你告诉了他，」男孩低声说，「你这个彻头彻尾的傻瓜。」
Dumbledore didn't react to the insult. "Told him what?"
邓布利多没有对这句侮辱作出反应。「告诉他什么？」
"That the Dark Lord is alive."
告诉他，黑魔王还活着。
"What in Merlin's name are you on about, Potter? " cried Severus in tones of sheer astonishment and outrage.
*「以梅林的名义，你到底在说什么，波特？」*西弗勒斯喊出来，声音里满是惊愕和愤慨。
Harry glanced briefly at him, smiling grimly. "Oh, so we are a Slytherin, then," Harry said. "I was starting to wonder."
哈利飞快地瞥了他一眼，冷冷一笑。「哦，那我们果然是斯莱特林，」哈利说，「我刚才都要开始怀疑了。」
And then there was silence.
随后是一片沉默。
Finally Dumbledore spoke. His voice was mild. "Harry, what are you talking about?"
最后邓布利多开口了。他的声音很温和。「哈利，你到底在说什么？」
"I'm sorry, Albus," Minerva whispered.
「对不起，阿不思，」米勒娃低声说。
Severus and Dumbledore turned to look at her.
西弗勒斯和邓布利多转头看她。
"Professor McGonagall didn't tell me," said Harry's voice, swiftly and less calm than it had been. "I guessed. I told you, I can see the patterns too. I guessed, and she controlled her reaction just as Severus did. But her control fell a shade short of perfection, and I could tell it was control, not genuine."
「不是麦格教授告诉我的，」哈利说得很快，比刚才少了些平静，「是我猜出来的。我跟你说过，我也能看到规律。我猜到了，她当时的反应跟西弗勒斯一样，是控制住的。但她的控制离完美差了那么一点，我分辨得出那是在控制，不是真实的反应。」
"And I told him," said Minerva, her voice trembling a little, "that you, and I, and Severus were the only ones who knew."
「而我告诉他的是，」米勒娃说，声音有点发抖，「知道这件事的只有你、我，和西弗勒斯。」
"Which she did as a concession to prevent me from simply going around asking questions, as I threatened to do if she didn't talk," Harry said. The boy chuckled briefly. "I really should have gotten one of you alone and told you that she told me everything, to see if you let anything slip. Probably wouldn't have worked, but would have been worth a shot." The boy smiled again. "Threat's still on the table and I do expect to be briefed fully at some point."
「她这么做，是作为让步，好让我不要真的到处去问——我威胁过她，她不讲，我就自己去问，」哈利说。男孩短促地笑了一声。「我真该把你们中的一个单独叫出来，跟他说她已经把什么都告诉我了，看你会不会说漏嘴。多半不会管用，但当时值得一试。」男孩又笑了。「这个威胁现在仍然有效，我也确实期望在某个时候得到完整的情况说明。」
Severus was giving her a look of utter contempt. Minerva raised her chin and bore it. She knew it was deserved.
西弗勒斯正用一种彻头彻尾的轻蔑眼神看着她。米勒娃抬起下巴，承受着那道目光。她知道这是她应得的。
Dumbledore leaned back in his padded throne. His eyes were as cold as anything Minerva had seen from him since the day his brother died. "And you threaten to abandon us to Voldemort if we do not comply with your wishes."
邓布利多往后靠在铺着软垫的王座上。他眼里的那份冷，米勒娃自从他弟弟去世那天起就再没在他身上见过。「而如果我们不顺着你的意思办，你就威胁要把我们丢给伏地魔。」
Harry's voice was razor-sharp. "I regret to inform you that you are not the center of the universe. I'm not threatening to walk out on magical Britain. I'm threatening to walk out on you. I am not a meek little Frodo. This is my quest and if you want in you will play by my rules."
哈利的声音像刀锋一样锋利。「我很遗憾地告诉你，你并不是宇宙的中心。我不是在威胁要抛下魔法英国不管，我是在威胁要抛下你不管。我可不是温顺的小佛罗多。这是我的远征，你想加入，就得按我的规则来。」
Dumbledore's face was still cold. "I am beginning to doubt your suitability as the hero, Mr. Potter."
邓布利多的脸色依然冰冷。「我开始怀疑你是否适合当这个主角了，波特先生。」
Harry's return gaze was equally icy. "I am beginning to doubt your suitability as my Gandalf, Mr. Dumbledore. Boromir was at least a plausible mistake. What is this Nazgul doing in my Fellowship?"
哈利回望的目光同样冰冷。「我开始怀疑你是否适合当我的甘道夫了，邓布利多先生。波罗莫至少还算个说得通的错误。这个戒灵在我的护戒队里干什么？」
Minerva was completely lost. She looked at Severus, to see if he was following this, and she saw that Severus had turned his face away from Harry's field of vision and was smiling.
米勒娃完全摸不着头脑。她去看西弗勒斯，想弄清他有没有听懂，结果看见西弗勒斯把脸转到哈利看不见的方向，正在笑。
"I suppose," Dumbledore said slowly, "that from your perspective it is a reasonable question. So, Mr. Potter, if Professor Snape is to leave you alone henceforth, will that be the last time this issue arises, or will I find you here every week with a new demand?"
「我想，」邓布利多慢慢地说，「从你的角度看，这个问题问得有理。那么，波特先生，如果斯内普教授从此不再招惹你，这件事就算了结了吗，还是我会发现你每个星期都坐在这里，提一个新要求？」
"Leave me alone?" Harry's voice was outraged. "I am not his only victim and certainly not the most vulnerable! Have you forgotten how defenseless children are? How much they hurt? Henceforth Severus will treat every student of Hogwarts with appropriate and professional courtesy, or you will find another Potions Master, or you will find another hero!"
「不再招惹我？」哈利的声音里满是愤怒。「我不是他唯一的受害者，也绝不是最没有还手之力的那一个！你是不是忘了孩子有多无助？忘了他们有多疼？从今往后，西弗勒斯必须对霍格沃茨的每一个学生都拿出应有的、合乎教师身份的礼数，否则你就另请一位魔药学教授，否则你就另找一个主角！」
Dumbledore started laughing. Full-throated, warm, humorous laughter, as if Harry had just performed a comic dance in front of him.
邓布利多笑了起来。是洪亮的、温暖的、乐呵呵的大笑，仿佛哈利刚在他面前跳了一段滑稽的舞。
Minerva didn't dare move. Her eyes flickered and she saw that Severus was equally motionless.
米勒娃不敢动。她的目光悄悄转了转，看见西弗勒斯也一动不动。
Harry's visage grew even colder. "You mistake me, Headmaster, if you think that this is a joke. This is not a request. This is your punishment."
哈利的脸色更加冰冷了。「校长，如果你以为这是个玩笑，那你就看错我了。这不是请求。这是对你的惩罚。」
"Mr. Potter -" Minerva said. She didn't even know what she was going to say. She simply couldn't let that go by.
「波特先生——」米勒娃说。她根本不知道自己打算说什么。她只是没法让这句话就这么过去。
Harry made a shushing gesture at her and continued to speak to Dumbledore. "And if that seems impolite to you," Harry said, his voice now a little less hard, "it seemed no less impolite when you said it to me. You would not say such a thing to anyone who you considered a real human being instead of a subordinate child, and I will treat you with just the same courtesy as you treat me -"
哈利朝她做了个噤声的手势，继续对邓布利多说。「如果这话在你听来不礼貌，」哈利说，声音不像刚才那么硬了，「那你当初对我说这话的时候，它也一样不礼貌。如果你把一个人当成真正的人，而不是一个听命于你的孩子，你绝不会对他说这种话。而我会用你对待我的那种礼数来对待你——」
"Oh, indeed, in very deed, this is my punishment if ever there was one! Of course you're in here blackmailing me to save your fellow students, not to save yourself! I can't imagine why I would have thought otherwise!" Dumbledore was now laughing even harder. He pounded his fist on the desk three times.
「哦，确实，千真万确，这要还不算对我的惩罚，那还有什么算！你当然是来这里讹诈我的，为的是救你的同学，不是救你自己！我想不出我怎么会以为不是这样！」邓布利多笑得更厉害了。他用拳头在桌上捶了三下。
Harry's gaze grew uncertain. His face turned toward her, addressing her for the first time. "Excuse me," Harry said. His voice seemed to be wavering. "Does he need to take his medication or something?"
哈利的目光变得犹豫起来。他把脸转向她，这是第一次对她说话。「不好意思，」哈利说。他的声音听着有点发飘。「他是需要吃药还是怎么着？」
"Ah..." Minerva had no idea what she could possibly say.
「啊……」米勒娃完全不知道自己能说什么。
"Well," said Dumbledore. He wiped away tears that had formed in his eyes. "Pardon me. I'm sorry for the interruption. Please continue with the blackmail."
「这个嘛，」邓布利多说。他擦掉眼里笑出来的眼泪。「请原谅。很抱歉打断你。请接着讹诈吧。」
Harry opened his mouth, then closed it again. He now seemed a little unsteady. "Ah... he's also to stop reading students' minds."
哈利张开嘴，又合上了。他现在看上去有点乱了阵脚。「啊……他还得停止读学生的心思。」
"Minerva," Severus said, his voice deadly, "you -"
「米勒娃，」西弗勒斯说，声音里透着杀气，「你——」
"Sorting Hat warned me," said Harry.
「是分院帽警告我的，」哈利说。
"What? "
「什么？」
"Can't say anything else. Anyway I think that's it. I'm done."
「别的我不能说了。总之，我要说的就这些。我说完了。」
Silence.
沉默。
"Now what?" Minerva said, when it became apparent that no one else was going to say anything.
「现在怎么办？」眼看不会再有别人开口，米勒娃说。
"Now what?" Dumbledore echoed. "Why, now the hero wins, of course."
「现在怎么办？」邓布利多重复了一遍。「哎呀，现在当然是主角赢了。」
"What? " said Severus, Minerva, and Harry.
「什么？」西弗勒斯、米勒娃和哈利异口同声。
"Well, he certainly seems to have backed us into a corner," Dumbledore said, smiling happily. "But Hogwarts does need an evil Potions Master, or it just wouldn't be a proper magical school, now would it? So how about if Professor Snape is only awful toward students in their fifth year and higher?"
「这个嘛，他显然是把我们逼到墙角了，」邓布利多高高兴兴地笑着说。「可是霍格沃茨确实需要一个邪恶的魔药学教授，不然它就不算一所像样的魔法学校，对吧？那么，让斯内普教授只对五年级及以上的学生凶恶，怎么样？」
"What? " said all three of them again.
「什么？」三个人又说了一遍。
"If it's the most vulnerable victims about whom you're concerned. Maybe you're right, Harry. Maybe I have forgotten over the decades what it's like to be a child. So let's compromise. Severus will continue to unfairly award points to Slytherin and impose lax discipline on his House, and he will be awful to non-Slytherin students in their fifth year and higher. To others he will be scary, but not abusive. He will promise to only read minds when the safety of a student requires it. Hogwarts will have its evil Potions Master, and the most vulnerable victims, as you put it, will be safe."
「如果你担心的是最容易受伤害的那批人，也许你是对的，哈利。也许这几十年下来，我真的已经忘了当孩子是什么滋味。那我们就折中吧。西弗勒斯可以继续不公正地给斯莱特林加分，继续对自己学院的学生睁一只眼闭一只眼；对五年级及以上的非斯莱特林学生，他还是可以很凶恶。对其他学生，他会很吓人，但不会虐待他们。他会承诺，只在学生的安全需要时才读心。霍格沃茨会有一个邪恶的魔药学教授，而你所说的那些最容易受伤害的人，会是安全的。」
Minerva McGonagall was as shocked as she'd ever been in her life. She glanced uncertainly at Severus, whose face had been left completely neutral, as though he couldn't decide what sort of expression he ought to be wearing.
米勒娃·麦格这辈子从没这么震惊过。她迟疑地看了西弗勒斯一眼，只见他脸上完全是一片空白，像是拿不准自己该摆出什么表情。
"I suppose that is acceptable," Harry said. His voice sounded a bit odd.
「我想这是可以接受的，」哈利说。他的声音听着有点怪。
"You can't be serious," Severus said, his voice as expressionless as his face.
「你不可能是认真的，」西弗勒斯说，声音和他脸上的表情一样毫无波澜。
"I am very much in favor of this," Minerva said slowly. She was so much in favor that her heart was pounding wildly beneath her robes. "But what could we possibly tell the students? They might not have questioned this while Severus was... being awful to everyone, but -"
「我非常赞成这个办法，」米勒娃慢慢地说。她赞成的程度，足以让她的心在袍子底下狂跳不止。「可我们总得给学生一个说法吧？在西弗勒斯……对所有人都很凶的那些日子里，他们也许不会追问这个，可是——」
"Harry can tell the other students that he discovered a terrible secret of Severus's and did a bit of blackmail," said Dumbledore. "It's true, after all; he discovered that Severus was reading minds, and he certainly did blackmail us."
「哈利可以告诉其他学生，他发现了西弗勒斯的一个可怕的秘密，然后稍微讹诈了一下，」邓布利多说。「毕竟这是真的：他发现了西弗勒斯在读心，而且他确实讹诈了我们。」
"This is insanity!" exploded Severus.
「这简直是发疯！」西弗勒斯爆发了。
"Bwah ha ha!" said Dumbledore.
「哇哈哈哈！」邓布利多说。
"Ah..." said Harry uncertainly. "And if anyone asks me why fifth years and above got shafted? I wouldn't blame them for being irate, and that part wasn't exactly my idea -"
「啊……」哈利不确定地说。「那要是有人问我，为什么倒霉的是五年级及以上的人，我该怎么说？他们发火我也不怪他们，而且那部分并不是我的主意——」
"Tell them," said Dumbledore, "that it wasn't you who suggested the compromise, that it was all you could get. And then refuse to say anything more. That, too, is true. There's an art to it, you'll pick it up with practice."
「你就告诉他们，」邓布利多说，「这个折中方案不是你提出来的，这已经是你争取到的全部。然后什么也别再多说。这一句也一样是真的。这里面是有门道的，练一练就掌握了。」
Harry nodded slowly. "And the points he took from Ravenclaw?"
哈利慢慢点头。「还有他从拉文克劳扣掉的那些学院分呢？」
"They must not be given back."
「那些分不能还回去。」
It was Minerva who said it.
说这话的是米勒娃。
Harry looked at her.
哈利看着她。
"I'm sorry, Mr. Potter," she said. She was sorry, but it had to be done. "There must be some consequences for your misbehavior or this school will fall to pieces."
「对不起，波特先生，」她说。她确实很抱歉，但这件事非做不可。「对你的不当行为总得有些后果，否则这所学校会垮掉。」
Harry shrugged. "Acceptable," he said flatly. "But in the future Severus will not strike at my House connections by taking points from me, nor will he waste my valuable time with detentions. Should he feel that my behavior requires correction, he may communicate his concerns to Professor McGonagall."
哈利耸耸肩。「可以接受，」他淡淡地说。「但今后西弗勒斯不能再靠扣我的分来打击我在学院里的人脉，也不能用关禁闭来浪费我宝贵的时间。如果他觉得我的行为需要纠正，可以把他的意见转达给麦格教授。」
"Harry," Minerva said, "will you continue to submit to school discipline, or are you to be above the law now, as Severus was?"
「哈利，」米勒娃说，「你以后还会遵守学校的纪律吗，还是从今往后你要像西弗勒斯那样凌驾于校规之上了？」
Harry looked at her. Something warm touched his gaze, briefly before it was quashed. "I will continue to be an ordinary student to every member of the staff who is not insane or evil, provided that they do not come under pressure from others who are." Harry glanced briefly at Severus, then turned back to Dumbledore. "Leave Minerva alone, and I'll be a regular Hogwarts student in her presence. No special privileges or immunities."
哈利看着她。一丝暖意掠过他的目光，随即被压了下去。「对每一位没有发疯也不邪恶的教职员，我都继续做一个普通学生——前提是他们没有被发疯或邪恶的同事施压。」哈利短暂地瞥了西弗勒斯一眼，又转回邓布利多。「别再干涉米勒娃，那我在她面前就是个规规矩矩的霍格沃茨学生。不要任何特权，也不要任何豁免。」
"Beautiful," Dumbledore said sincerely. "Spoken like a true hero."
「说得漂亮，」邓布利多真诚地说。「像真正的英雄说的话。」
"And," she said, "Mr. Potter must publicly apologize for his actions of today."
「还有，」她说，「波特先生必须为他今天的行为公开道歉。」
Harry gave her another look. This one was a bit skeptical.
哈利又看了她一眼。这一眼带点怀疑。
"The discipline of the school has been gravely injured by your actions, Mr. Potter," Minerva said. "It must be restored."
「你的所作所为严重损害了学校的纪律，波特先生，」米勒娃说。「必须把它恢复过来。」
"I think, Professor McGonagall, that you considerably overestimate the importance of what you call school discipline, as compared to having History taught by a live teacher or not torturing your students. Maintaining the current status hierarchy and enforcing its rules seems ever so much more wise and moral and important when you are on the top and doing the enforcing than when you are on the bottom, and I can cite studies to this effect if required. I could go on for several hours about this point, but I will leave it at that."
「麦格教授，我想你把所谓的『学校纪律』看得太重了。跟『让一位活着的老师来教魔法史』比一比，跟『不折磨自己的学生』比一比——你给它的分量，实在太重了。当你站在最上层、由你来执行规则的时候，维护现有的等级秩序、把它的规则执行下去，看起来要比你身处底层时明智得多、有道德得多、也重要得多；需要的话，我可以引用相关研究。这一点我能讲上好几个小时，但我还是就此打住。」
Minerva shook her head. "Mr. Potter, you underestimate the importance of discipline because you are not in need of it yourself -" She paused. That hadn't come out right, and Severus, Dumbledore, and even Harry were giving her strange looks. "To learn, I mean. Not every child can learn in the absence of authority. And it is the other children who will be hurt, Mr. Potter, if they see your example as one to be followed."
米勒娃摇了摇头。「波特先生，你低估纪律的重要性，是因为你自己不需要它——」她停住了。这话说出来不对劲，西弗勒斯、邓布利多，连哈利都在用奇怪的眼神看她。「我是说，不需要靠它来学习。不是每个孩子都能在没有权威的情况下学习。波特先生，如果别的孩子把你的做法当成可以效仿的榜样，受伤害的会是他们。」
Harry's lips curved into a twisted smile. "The first and last resort is the truth. The truth is that I shouldn't have gotten angry, I shouldn't have disrupted the class, I shouldn't have done what I did, and I set a bad example for everyone. The truth is also that Severus Snape behaved in a fashion unbecoming a Hogwarts professor, and that from now on he will be more mindful of the injured feelings of students in their fourth year and under. The two of us could both get up and speak the truth. I could live with that."
哈利的嘴角弯出一个扭曲的微笑。「最初的和最后的办法都是说实话。实话是：我不该发火，不该扰乱课堂，不该做出我做的那些事，我给大家带了个坏头。实话还有：西弗勒斯·斯内普的行为不符合一位霍格沃茨教授的身份，而从今往后，他会更留意不去伤四年级及以下学生的感情。我们两个可以一起站起来，把实话都说出来。那样我也能接受。」
"In your dreams, Potter!" spat Severus.
「你做梦吧，波特！」西弗勒斯啐道。
"After all," said Harry, smiling grimly, "if the students see that rules are for everyone... for professors too, not just for poor helpless students who get nothing but suffering out of the system... why, the positive effects on school discipline should be tremendous."
「毕竟，」哈利说，露出阴冷的笑容，「如果学生们看到规则是给所有人定的……教授也一样，而不只是给那些可怜无助、在这个制度里只能得到痛苦的学生定的……那么，这对学校纪律的正面作用应该会大得惊人。」
There was a brief pause, and then Dumbledore chuckled. "Minerva is thinking that you're righter than you have any right to be."
短暂的沉默，然后邓布利多轻轻笑了。「米勒娃在想，你对得有点不像话——你没资格对成这样。」
Harry's gaze jerked away from Dumbledore, down to the floor. "Are you reading her mind?"
哈利的目光猛地从邓布利多脸上移开，落到地板上。「你是在读她的心？」
"Common sense is often mistaken for Legilimency," said Dumbledore. "I shall talk over this matter with Severus, and no apology will be required from you unless he apologizes as well. And now I declare this matter concluded, at least until lunchtime." He paused. "Although, Harry, I'm afraid that Minerva wished to speak with you about an additional matter. And that is not the result of any pressure on my part. Minerva, if you would?"
「常识常常被误当成读心术，」邓布利多说。「这件事我会和西弗勒斯谈一谈。你不需要道歉，除非他也道歉。现在我宣布这件事到此为止——至少到午饭之前。」他停了停。「不过，哈利，恐怕米勒娃还想跟你谈另外一件事。那不是出于我施压的结果。米勒娃，你来？」
Minerva rose from her chair and almost fell. There was too much adrenaline in her blood, her heart was beating too fast.
米勒娃从椅子上站起来，差点摔倒。她血里的肾上腺素太多，心跳得太快。
"Fawkes," said Dumbledore, "accompany her, please."
「福克斯，」邓布利多说，「请你陪她一起去。」
"I don't -" she started to say.
「我不用——」她刚开口。
Dumbledore shot her a look, and she fell silent.
邓布利多看了她一眼，她就不作声了。
The phoenix soared across the room like a smooth tongue of flame leaping out, and landed on her shoulder. She felt the warmth through her robes, all through her body.
凤凰掠过房间，像一条平滑的火舌一跃而出，落在她的肩上。她隔着袍子感到那股暖意，一直暖到全身。
"Please follow me, Mr. Potter," she said, firmly now, and they left through the door.
「请跟我来，波特先生，」她说，这次语气坚定。两人从门口出去了。
They stood on the rotating stairs, descending in silence.
他们站在旋转的楼梯上，默默向下走。
Minerva didn't know what to say. She didn't know this person who stood beside her.
米勒娃不知道该说什么。她不认得站在自己身边的这个人。
And Fawkes began to croon.
就在这时，福克斯开始低声吟唱。
It was tender, and soft, like a fireplace would sound if it had melody, and it washed over Minerva's mind, easing, soothing, gentling what it touched...
那声音温柔、轻软，像一个壁炉若是有旋律会发出的声音，它漫过米勒娃的心头，所到之处都在松弛、安抚、变柔……
"What is that? " Harry whispered beside her. His voice was unstable, wobbling, changing pitch.
「那是什么？」哈利在她身边低声问。他的声音不稳，打着颤，音调忽高忽低。
"The song of the phoenix," said Minerva, not really aware of what she was saying, her attention was all on that strange quiet music. "It, too, heals."
「凤凰的歌，」米勒娃说，她并不太清楚自己在说什么，注意力全在那奇特的、安静的音乐上。「它也能治愈。」
Harry turned his face from her, but she caught a glimpse of something agonized.
哈利把脸从她这边转开，可她还是瞥见了一闪而过的痛苦神情。
The descent seemed to take a very long time, or maybe it was only that the music seemed to take a very long time, and when they stepped out through the gap where a gargoyle had been, she was holding Harry's hand firmly in hers.
这段下行好像走了很久，也许只是那音乐让人觉得过了很久；当他们从石像鬼原先站着的缺口里走出来时，她正紧紧握着哈利的手。
As the gargoyle stepped back into place, Fawkes left her shoulder, and swooped to hover in front of Harry.
石像鬼回到原位时，福克斯离开了她的肩头，一掠而下，悬停在哈利面前。
Harry stared at Fawkes like someone hypnotized by the ever-changing light of a fire.
哈利盯着福克斯，像一个被火焰变幻不定的光催眠了的人。
"What am I to do, Fawkes?" whispered Harry. "I couldn't have protected them if I hadn't been angry."
「我该怎么办，福克斯？」哈利低声说。「我要不是当时生着气，就保护不了他们。」
The phoenix's wings continued flapping, it continued hovering in place. There was no sound but the beating of the wings. Then there was a flash like a fire flaring up and going out, and Fawkes was gone.
凤凰继续拍着翅膀，继续悬在原地。除了翅膀拍打的声音，什么声音也没有。接着是一道闪光，像火焰猛地窜起又熄灭，福克斯不见了。
Both of them blinked, like waking up from a dream, or maybe like falling asleep again.
两人都眨了眨眼，像从梦里醒来，又像是重新睡了过去。
Minerva looked down.
米勒娃低下头。
Harry Potter's bright young face looked up at her.
哈利·波特那张年轻明亮的脸仰起来望着她。
"Are phoenixes people?" said Harry. "I mean, are they smart enough to count as people? Could I talk with Fawkes if I knew how?"
「凤凰是人吗？」哈利说。「我是说，它们聪明到能算人吗？如果我知道方法，能和福克斯说话吗？」
Minerva blinked hard. Then she blinked again. "No," Minerva said, her voice wavering. "Phoenixes are creatures of powerful magic. That magic gives their existence a weight of meaning which no simple animal could possess. They are fire, light, healing, rebirth. But in the end, no."
米勒娃用力眨了眨眼。接着又眨了一下。「不是，」米勒娃说，声音发颤。「凤凰是强大魔法的生灵。那种魔法让它们的存在承载着某种意义的分量，这是任何普通动物都不可能有的。它们是火，是光，是治愈，是重生。但说到底，不是人。」
"Where can I get one?"
「我上哪儿能弄到一只？」
Minerva leaned down and hugged him. She hadn't meant to, but she didn't seem to have much choice in the matter.
米勒娃弯下腰，抱住了他。她本来没打算这么做，可她在这件事上似乎由不得自己。
When she stood up she found it hard to speak. But she had to ask. "What happened today, Harry?"
她直起身时，发现自己说不出话。可她必须问。「今天出了什么事，哈利？」
"I don't know the answers to any of the important questions either. Aside from that I'd really rather not think about it for a while."
「那些重要的问题，答案我也一个都不知道。除此之外，我暂时真的不想再去想它。」
Minerva took his hand in hers again, and they walked the rest of the way in silence.
米勒娃再次牵起他的手，剩下的路他们一声不响地走完了。
It was only a short trip, since naturally the office of the Deputy was close to the office of the Headmaster.
路很短，因为副校长的办公室自然就在校长办公室旁边。
Minerva sat behind her desk.
米勒娃在自己的办公桌后坐下。
Harry sat in front of her desk.
哈利在她桌子前面坐下。
"So," Minerva whispered. She would have given almost anything not to do this, or not to be the one who had to do it, or for it to be any time but right now. "There is a matter of school discipline. From which you are not exempt."
「那么，」米勒娃低声说。只要能不做这件事，只要不必由她来做，只要能换成此刻以外的任何时候，她几乎愿意付出一切。「有件学校纪律上的事。你也不能例外。」
"Namely?" said Harry.
「什么事？」哈利说。
He didn't know. He hadn't figured it out yet. She felt her throat tighten. But there was work to be done and she would not shirk it.
他还不知道。他还没想明白。她感到喉咙发紧。可有件事得做，她不会推脱。
"Mr. Potter," said Professor McGonagall, "I need to see your Time-Turner, please."
「波特先生，」麦格教授说，「请把你的时间转换器给我看看。」
All the peace of the phoenix vanished from his face in an instant and Minerva felt like she had just stabbed him.
凤凰带来的那点安宁瞬间从他脸上消失了，米勒娃觉得自己像是刚捅了他一刀。
"No! " Harry said. His voice was panicked. "I need it, I won't be able to attend Hogwarts, I won't be able to sleep!"
「不行！」哈利说。他的声音惊慌失措。「我需要它，没有它我就上不了霍格沃茨，我就睡不着觉！」
"You'll be able to sleep," she said. "The Ministry has delivered the protective shell for your Time-Turner. I will enchant it to open only between the hours of 9PM and midnight."
「你的觉睡得成，」她说。「魔法部已经把时间转换器的防护外壳送来了。我会给它施咒，让它只在晚上 9 点到午夜之间打开。」
Harry's face twisted. "But - but I -"
哈利的脸扭了起来。「可是——可是我——」
"Mr. Potter, how many times have you used the Time-Turner since Monday? How many hours?"
「波特先生，从星期一起，你用过多少次时间转换器？多少个小时？」
"I..." Harry said. "Hold on, let me add it up -" He glanced down at his watch.
「我……」哈利说。「等等，让我算一下——」他低头看了一眼手表。
Minerva felt a rush of sadness. She'd thought so. "It wasn't just two per day, then. I suspect that if I asked your dormmates, I would find that you were struggling to stay up long enough to go to sleep at a reasonable time, and waking up earlier and earlier every morning. Correct?"
米勒娃感到一阵难过。她本来就是这么猜的。「那就不只是一天两次了。我猜，要是去问你的室友，我会发现你得硬撑着才能熬到一个说得过去的睡觉时间，而且每天早上醒得越来越早。我说得对吗？」
Harry's face said everything she needed to know.
哈利脸上的表情说明了一切。
"Mr. Potter," she said gently, "there are students who cannot be entrusted with Time-Turners, because they become addicted to them. We give them a potion which lengthens their sleep cycle by the necessary amount, but they end up using the Time-Turner for more than just attending their classes. And so we must take them back. Mr. Potter, you have taken to using the Time-Turner as your solution to everything, often very foolishly so. You used it to get back a Remembrall. You vanished from a closet in a fashion apparent to other students, instead of going back after you were out and getting me or someone else to come and open the door."
「波特先生，」她温和地说，「有些学生不能把时间转换器交托给他们，因为他们会对它上瘾。我们会给他们一种药剂，按需要的量延长他们的睡眠周期，可他们最后还是拿时间转换器去干上课以外的事。所以我们只能把它收回来。波特先生，你已经习惯拿时间转换器来解决一切问题，而且往往蠢得离谱。你用它去取回一只记忆球。你在别的学生看得见的情况下从一个壁橱里凭空消失，而不是先出来，再回到过去，找我或者别人去把那扇门打开。」
From the look on Harry's face he hadn't thought of that.
从哈利脸上的表情看，他没想到这一点。
"And more importantly," she said, "you should have simply sat in Professor Snape's class. And watched. And left at the end of class. As you would have done if you had not possessed a Time-Turner. There are some students who cannot be entrusted with Time-Turners, Mr. Potter. You are one of them. I am sorry."
「更重要的是，」她说，「你本来只要坐在斯内普教授的课堂上就行。坐着，看着，下课再走。就像你没有时间转换器时那样。有些学生不能把时间转换器交托给他们，波特先生。你就是其中之一。我很抱歉。」
"But I need it!" Harry blurted. "What if there are Slytherins threatening me and I have to escape? It keeps me safe -"
「可是我需要它！」哈利脱口而出。「要是有斯莱特林学生威胁我，我得逃走怎么办？有它我才安全——」
"Every other student in this castle runs the same risk, and I assure you that they survive. No student has died in this castle for fifty years. Mr. Potter, you will hand over your Time-Turner and do so now."
「这座城堡里其他每一个学生都担着同样的风险，我向你保证，他们都活得好好的。这座城堡已经 50 年没有学生死过了。波特先生，你要把时间转换器交出来，现在就交。」
Harry's face twisted in agony, but he drew out the Time-Turner from under his robes and gave it to her.
哈利的脸痛苦地扭了起来，但他还是从袍子底下取出时间转换器，交给了她。
From her desk, Minerva drew out one of the protective shells that had been sent to Hogwarts. She snapped the cover into place around the Time-Turner's turning hourglass, and then she laid her wand on the cover to complete the enchantment.
米勒娃从桌子里取出一只送到霍格沃茨来的防护外壳。她把外壳咔哒一声扣在时间转换器转动的沙漏上，然后把魔杖搭在外壳上，完成施咒。
"This isn't fair! " Harry shrieked. "I saved half of Hogwarts from Professor Snape today, is it right that I be punished for it? I saw the look on your face, you hated what he was doing!"
「这不公平！」哈利尖声叫道。「我今天从斯内普教授手里救了半个霍格沃茨，因为这个受罚，这说得过去吗？我看见你脸上的表情了，你恨他那么干！」
Minerva didn't speak for a few moments. She was enchanting.
米勒娃好一会儿没说话。她正在施咒。
When she finished and looked up, she knew that her face was stern. Maybe it was the wrong thing to do. And then again maybe it was the right thing to do. There was an obstinate child in front of her, and that didn't mean the universe was broken.
等她施完咒抬起头，她知道自己的脸是严厉的。也许这么做是错的。可换个角度想，也许这么做是对的。她面前坐着一个倔强的孩子，而这并不意味着宇宙坏掉了。
"Fair, Mr. Potter?" she snapped. "I have had to file two reports with the Ministry on public use of a Time-Turner in two successive days! Be extremely grateful you were allowed to retain the Time-Turner even in restricted form! The Headmaster made a Floo call to plead with them personally and if you were not the Boy-Who-Lived even that would not have sufficed!"
「公平，波特先生？」她厉声说。「我不得不就公开使用时间转换器的事，在连续两天里向魔法部递交两份报告！你能保住这个受限的时间转换器，就该千恩万谢了！校长亲自用飞路网通话向他们求情，你要不是大难不死的男孩，连这一步也不够！」
Harry gaped at her.
哈利张着嘴看着她。
She knew that he was seeing the angry face of Professor McGonagall.
她知道，他看见的是麦格教授发怒的脸。
Harry's eyes filled up with tears.
哈利的眼里涌上了泪水。
"I'm, sorry," he whispered, voice now choked and broken. "I'm sorry, to have, disappointed you..."
「我，很抱歉，」他低声说，声音已经哽咽破碎。「对不起，让你，失望了……」
"I'm sorry too, Mr. Potter," she said sternly, and handed him the newly restricted Time-Turner. "You may go."
「我也很抱歉，波特先生，」她严厉地说，把刚加上限制的时间转换器递给他。「你可以走了。」
Harry turned and fled from her office, sobbing. She heard his feet pattering away down the hall, and then the sound cut off as the door swung closed.
哈利转过身，抽泣着从她的办公室跑了出去。她听见他的脚步沿着走廊渐渐跑远，随后门摆回去关上，那个声音一下断了。
"I'm sorry too, Harry," she whispered to the quiet room. "I'm sorry too."
「我也很抱歉，哈利，」她对着安静的房间低声说。「我也很抱歉。」
Fifteen minutes into lunch hour.
午饭时间过了 15 分钟。
No one was speaking to Harry. Some of the Ravenclaws were shooting him looks of anger, others of sympathy, a few of the youngest students even had looks of admiration, but no one was talking to him. Even Hermione hadn't tried to come over.
没有人跟哈利说话。有些拉文克劳学生朝他投来愤怒的目光，有些是同情的，几个最小的学生脸上甚至是敬佩，可就是没人跟他说话。连赫敏也没试着过来。
Fred and George had gingerly stepped near. They hadn't said anything. The offer was clear, and its optionality. Harry had told them that he would come over when dessert started, no earlier. They had nodded and quickly walked away.
弗雷德和乔治小心翼翼地走到近处。他们什么也没说。那个邀请的意思很清楚，而且去不去随他们，这一点也一样清楚。哈利告诉他们，等上甜点的时候他会过去，之前不行。他们点点头，很快走开了。
It was probably the utterly expressionless look on Harry's face that was doing it.
多半是哈利脸上那副彻底没有表情的样子闹的。
The others probably thought he was controlling anger, or dismay. They knew, because they'd seen Flitwick come and get him, that he'd been called to the Headmaster's office.
其他人多半以为他在压着怒气，或者在压着沮丧。他们知道他被叫去了校长办公室，因为他们看见弗立维过来把他带走了。
Harry was trying not to smile, because if he smiled, he would start laughing, and if he started laughing, he wouldn't stop until the nice people in white jackets came to haul him away.
哈利正努力不笑出来，因为只要一笑，他就会开始大笑；只要开始大笑，他就停不下来，直到那些穿白大褂的好心人过来把他拖走。
It was too much. It was just all too much. Harry had almost gone over to the Dark Side, his dark side had done things that seemed in retrospect insane, his dark side had won an impossible victory that might have been real and might have been a pure whim of a crazy Headmaster, his dark side had protected his friends. He just couldn't handle it any more. He needed Fawkes to sing to him again. He needed to use the Time-Turner to go off and take a quiet hour to recover but that wasn't an option any more and the loss was like a hole in his existence but he couldn't think about that because then he might start laughing.
太多了。这一切实在太多了。哈利差点投向了黑暗面，他的黑暗面干过的事回想起来简直是发疯，他的黑暗面赢得了一场不可能的胜利——那也许是真的，也许只是一个疯疯癫癫的校长的突发奇想，他的黑暗面保护了他的朋友。他再也受不了了。他需要福克斯再对他唱一次。他需要用时间转换器离开，安静地缓上一个小时，可这个选择已经没有了，那份缺失就像他的存在上破了一个洞，但他不能去想它，因为一想，他可能就要开始笑了。
Twenty minutes. All the students who were going to eat lunch had arrived, almost none had departed.
20 分钟。打算来吃午饭的学生都已经到了，几乎没有人离席。
The tapping of a spoon rang through the Great Hall.
一声敲勺子的响动传遍了整个礼堂。
"If I may have your attention please," Dumbledore said. "Harry Potter has something he would like to share with us."
「请各位注意一下，」邓布利多说。「哈利·波特有话想跟大家说。」
Harry took a deep breath and got up. He walked over to the Head Table, with every eye staring at him.
哈利深吸一口气，站起身来。他在所有人的注视下走向教工餐桌。
Harry turned and looked out at the four tables.
哈利转过身，望向那四张长桌。
It was becoming harder and harder not to smile, but Harry kept his face expressionless as he spoke his brief and memorized speech.
不笑越来越难了，但哈利保持面无表情，讲完了他那段简短、背熟的讲话。
"The truth is sacred," Harry said tonelessly. "One of my most treasured possessions is a button which reads 'Speak the truth, even if your voice trembles'. This, then, is the truth. Remember that. I am not saying it because I am being forced to say it, I am saying it because it is true. What I did in Professor Snape's class was foolish, stupid, childish, and an inexcusable violation of the rules of Hogwarts. I disrupted the classroom and deprived my fellow students of their irreplaceable learning time. All because I failed to control my temper. I hope that not a single one of you will ever follow my example. I certainly intend to try never to follow it again."
「真相是神圣的，」哈利用毫无起伏的声音说。「我最珍视的财物之一，是一枚扣子，上面写着『说出真相，哪怕你的声音在发抖』。那么，下面就是真相。请记住。我说这些，不是因为我被迫要说，我说这些是因为它是真的。我在斯内普教授课堂上的所作所为，是愚蠢的、可笑的、幼稚的，是对霍格沃茨校规不可原谅的违反。我扰乱了课堂，剥夺了同学们无可替代的学习时间。全都是因为我没能管住自己的脾气。我希望你们当中没有一个人会学我的样。我自己也决心再也不这么做。」
Many of the students gazing at Harry now had solemn, unhappy looks upon their faces, such as one might see at a ceremony marking the loss of a fallen champion. At the younger parts of the Gryffindor table the look was almost universal.
此刻望着哈利的许多学生脸上都带着肃穆、难过的神情，就像人们在悼念一位阵亡冠军的仪式上会看到的那样。在格兰芬多长桌年纪小的那一端，几乎人人都是这副神情。
Until Harry raised his hand.
直到哈利抬起了手。
He did not raise it high. That might have appeared preemptory. He certainly did not raise it toward Severus. Harry simply raised his hand to chest level, and softly snapped his fingers, a gesture that was seen more than heard. It was possible that most of the Head Table wouldn't see it at all.
他没有把手抬得很高。那样也许显得像是在发号施令。他也绝对没有把手朝西弗勒斯的方向抬。哈利只是把手举到胸口的高度，轻轻打了个响指，这个动作更多是被看见的，而不是被听见的。教工餐桌上的大部分人，也许根本就不会看到。
This seeming gesture of defiance won sudden smiles from the younger students and Gryffindors, and coldly superior sneers from Slytherin, and frowns and worried looks from all others.
这个看似挑衅的手势，骤然换来低年级学生和格兰芬多学生的笑容、斯莱特林学生冷冷地居高临下的嗤笑，以及其他所有人的皱眉和忧色。
Harry kept his face expressionless. "Thank you," he said. "That's all."
哈利面无表情。「谢谢，」他说。「就这些。」
"Thank you, Mr. Potter," said the Headmaster. "And now Professor Snape has something to share with us as well."
「谢谢你，波特先生，」校长说。「现在，斯内普教授也有话要跟大家说。」
Severus smoothly stood up from his place at the Head Table. "It has been brought to my attention," he said, "that my own actions played a part in provoking the admittedly inexcusable anger of Mr. Potter, and in the ensuing discussion I realized that I had forgotten how easily injured are the feelings of the young and immature -"
西弗勒斯从容地从教工餐桌的座位上站起身。「有人提请我注意，」他说，「波特先生那番怒气固然不可原谅，但我本人的行为在其中也起了一份作用；而在随后的谈话中，我意识到自己忘了，年轻而不成熟的人，感情是多么容易受伤——」
There was the sound of many people emitting muffled chokes at the same time.
许多人同时闷声呛了一下。
Severus continued as if he had not heard. "The Potions classroom is a dangerous place, and I still feel that strict discipline is necessary, but henceforth I will be more aware of the... emotional fragility... of students in their fourth year and younger. My deduction of points from Ravenclaw still stands, but I will revoke Mr. Potter's detention. Thank you."
西弗勒斯恍若没听见，继续往下说。「魔药课教室是个危险的地方，我仍然认为严格的纪律是必要的，但从今往后，我会更加注意四年级及以下学生的……感情上的脆弱。我从拉文克劳扣掉的分数仍然有效，但波特先生的关禁闭我撤销。谢谢。」
There was a single clap from the direction of Gryffindor and faster than lightning Severus's wand was in his hand and "Quietus! " silenced the offender.
格兰芬多那边传来一声孤零零的鼓掌，比闪电还快，西弗勒斯的魔杖已经握在手里，一声*「Quietus！」*让那个冒犯的人没了声音。
"I will still demand discipline and respect in all my classes," Severus said coldly, "and anyone who trifles with me will regret it."
「在我所有的课上，我仍然会要求纪律和尊重，」西弗勒斯冷冷地说，「谁要是拿我不当回事，他会后悔的。」
He sat down.
他坐了下来。
"Thank you too!" Headmaster Dumbledore said cheerfully. "Carry on!"
「也谢谢你！」邓布利多校长高高兴兴地说。「大家继续！」
And Harry, still expressionless, began to walk back to his seat in Ravenclaw.
哈利仍然面无表情，开始走回拉文克劳的座位。
There was an explosion of conversation. Two words were clearly identifiable in the beginning. The first was an initial "What -" beginning many different sentences such as "What just happened -" and "What the hell -" The second was "Scourgify! " as students cleaned up the dropped food and spit-out drinks from themselves, the tablecloth, and each other.
谈话声一下子炸开了。刚开始，有两个词听得格外清楚。第一个是开头那个「什么——」，引出了许多不同的句子，比如「刚才发生什么了——」和「搞什么鬼——」。第二个是*「Scourgify！」*，学生们正用它清理掉在自己身上、桌布上和彼此身上的食物和喷出来的饮料。
Some students were weeping openly. So was Professor Sprout.
有些学生当场放声哭了起来。斯普劳特教授也是。
At the Gryffindor table, where a cake waited with fifty-one unlit candles, Fred whispered, "I think we may be out of our league here, George."
在格兰芬多的长桌上，一只蛋糕上插着 51 根还没点着的蜡烛，弗雷德悄声说：「乔治，我觉得我们在这儿已经不在一个档次上了。」
And from that day onward, no matter what Hermione tried to tell anyone, it would be an accepted legend of Hogwarts that Harry Potter could make absolutely anything happen by snapping his fingers.
而从那天起，无论赫敏怎么跟人解释，霍格沃茨都会流传着这样一个公认的传说：哈利·波特只要打个响指，就能让任何事情发生。
梗与典故
- 斯内普那三个问题，是《魔法石》里同一场戏的照搬：asphodel 加 wormwood、bezoar、monkshood 与 wolfsbane——这三个问题，连同点名时那句「our new... celebrity」和「Fame clearly isn't everything」，在罗琳原著《哈利·波特与魔法石》第 8 章〈魔药课老师〉里都出自同一场戏，说话的人全是斯内普4。原著里哈利三问三不知、赫敏举着手被无视，斯内普自己公布答案；本章让哈利回嘴，是这本书的改写。斯内普卖的关子也是真的：monkshood、wolfsbane、aconite 确实是同一种植物，即乌头属的 Aconitum napellus，全株剧毒，主要毒物是乌头碱56。顺带一提，本章英文原文把 monkshood 拼成了 monksblood，而斯内普自己在下一段给答案时写的又是 monkshood2。
- 哈利那句反击背后真有一个实验：他说「人们靠只问自己知道答案的零碎事实就能显得很聪明，而旁观者没给这场游戏本身的不公平做校正」——这指的是社会心理学里那个著名的「出题人实验」，即 Ross、Amabile 与 Steinmetz 1977 年发表在《人格与社会心理学杂志》上的研究。被试被随机分成提问者和答题者，提问者自己编出十道有难度的常识题；事后无论是答题者还是不相干的旁观者，都明显高估了提问者的知识水平，而提问者本人并不这么看——因为他清楚自己这个角色占了便宜9。本章正文没有点名这篇论文，哈利只说是在「一本麻瓜书」里读到的。
- 时间转换器：正典里归魔法部管，套壳是这本书自造：正典里时间转换器的使用受魔法部管制，赫敏那只虽然是麦格教授给她的，麦格却必须专门写信向魔法部说明她只会用它上课14。本章那个「只在 21 点到午夜之间打开」的防护外壳，在哈利·波特的资料库里找不到对应的东西。
- 校董会与卢修斯：正典里卢修斯·马尔福确实坐在霍格沃茨校董会里。《密室》里他带头让校董会停了邓布利多的职；邓布利多后来指出，另外十一位校董告诉他，当初他们要是不同意，卢修斯就威胁要诅咒他们的家人。事情败露之后，卢修斯自己被校董会解职15。本章哈利对斯内普与卢修斯之间关系的推测，就架在这条正典设定上。
- 哈利「认得出」的那只标本，不是《哈利·波特》里的东西：Zabriskan Fontema 出自美国科幻作家 E. E. 史密斯（E. E. Smith）的「透镜人」系列。《第一透镜人》有一章就叫这个名字，写它约十二英寸长、靠滚动前进，两头长得像老式河船的明轮，住在无水无空气、近乎真空又酷热的小行星上16。在那套书里，这个词也常被拿来当「蠢东西」的代名词用。
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- 2HPMOR 第 18 章官方原文（hpmor.com）
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- 3Dominance hierarchy（Wikipedia）
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- 4
- 5Aconite（Harry Potter Wiki）
harrypotter.fandom.com
- 6Aconitum napellus（Wikipedia）
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- 7Bezoar（Wikipedia）
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- 8Bezoar（Harry Potter Wiki）
harrypotter.fandom.com
- 9Ross, Amabile & Steinmetz 1977（论文摘要页）
academia.edu
- 10Boromir（Tolkien Gateway）
tolkiengateway.net
- 11Nazgûl（Tolkien Gateway）
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- 12Phoenix（Harry Potter Wiki）
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- 13Phoenixes（The Harry Potter Lexicon）
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- 14Time-Turner（The Harry Potter Lexicon）
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- 15Hogwarts Board of Governors（Harry Potter Wiki）
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- 16First Lensman, Chapter 11: Zabriskan Fontema（Standard Ebooks）
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