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He shot a nasty look sideways at Harry, whose untidy hair had always been a source of great annoyance to Uncle Vernon.
他惡意地斜著看了哈利一眼，哈利的一頭亂發一直使弗農姨父看了就惱怒。
Compared to the man on the television, however, whose gaunt face was surrounded by a matted, elbow-length tangle,
然而，屏幕上那個人臉龐瘦削，周圍都是糾結在一起、足有一尺長的亂發，與他相比，
Harry felt very well groomed indeed.
哈利覺得自己的確很整潔。
The newsreader had reappeared.
新聞播音員又出現在屏幕上了。
'The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will announce today —'
“農業和漁業部長今天將宣布——”
'Hang on!' barked Uncle Vernon, staring furiously at the newsreader.
“說下去！”弗農姨父咆哮道，狂怒地盯著這位播音員，
'You didn't tell us where that maniac's escaped from!
“你還沒有告訴我們這個瘋子是從哪里逃出來的！
What use is that? Lunatic could be coming up the street right now!'
這有什么用？瘋子可能就要到這條街上來了！”
Aunt Petunia, who was bony and horse-faced, whipped around and peered intently out of the kitchen window.
佩妮姨媽骨瘦如柴，長著一張馬臉，她突然轉過身子，目不轉睛地從廚房的窗子向外張望。
Harry knew Aunt Petunia would simply love to be the one to call the hotline number.
哈利知道佩妮姨媽就是熱切地想成為撥通熱線電話的人。
She was the nosiest woman in the world and spent most of her life spying on her boring, law-abiding neighbours.
她是世界上最能吵吵嚷嚷的婦人，她一生中大部分時間都花在暗中監視她那些守法而令人厭煩的鄰居這件事上了。
'When will they learn,' said Uncle Vernon, pounding the table with his large purple fist,
“他們什么時候才能明白，”弗農姨父用他那紫色的大拳頭擂著桌子，說，
'that hanging's the only way to deal with these people?'
“只有絞刑才能對付這種人！”
'Very true,' said Aunt Petunia, who was still squinting into next door's runner-beans.
“說得是呀。”佩妮姨媽說，她還在斜眼看著鄰居家的紅花菜豆。
Uncle Vernon drained his teacup, glanced at his watch and added,
弗農姨父喝干了他的茶杯，朝手表溜了一眼，又說：
'I'd better be off in a minute, Petunia, Marge's train gets in at ten.'
“我不如馬上走的好，佩妮，瑪姬的火車十點鐘就到了。”
