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I won't have this namby-pamby, wishy-washy nonsense about not hitting people who deserve it.
“我可不要聽那些哼哼嘰嘰、空洞無聊的廢話，說什么不要打那些該打的人。
A good thrashing is what's needed in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred.
十之八九，這類人需要好好地痛打一頓。
Have you been beaten often?'
你時常挨打嗎？”
'Oh, yeah,' said Harry, 'loads of times.'
“哦，是的，”哈利說，“許多次了。”
Aunt Marge narrowed her eyes.
瑪姬姑媽把眼睛瞇起來。
'I still don't like your tone, boy,' she said.
“我仍舊不喜歡你說話的腔調，小子。”她說道，
'If you can speak of your beatings in that casual way, they clearly aren't hitting you hard enough.
“如果你能夠用這種隨隨便便的口氣說出你挨打的事，那他們顯然打你打得不夠狠。
Petunia, I'd write if I were you.
佩妮，我要是你的話，我會給學校寫信的，
Make it clear that you approve the use of extreme force in this boy's case.'
寫清楚你同意對這小子使用極端力量。”
Perhaps Uncle Vernon was worried that Harry might forget their bargain; in any case, he changed the subject abruptly.
也許弗農姨父擔心哈利會忘記他們之間的交易，不管怎么說，他突然改變了話題。
'Heard the news this morning, Marge?
“聽到今天早晨的新聞了嗎，瑪姬？
What about that escaped prisoner, eh?'
那個在逃的犯人怎樣了，嗯？”
As Aunt Marge started to make herself at home, Harry caught himself thinking almost longingly of life at number four without her.
瑪姬姑媽開始安頓下來，哈利卻發現自己幾乎在渴望這家里過著沒有瑪姬的日子。
Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia usually encouraged Harry to stay out of their way, which Harry was only too happy to do.
弗農姨父和佩妮姨媽通常告誡哈利不要礙他們的事，哈利也巴不得他們這樣對待他。
Aunt Marge, on the other hand, wanted Harry under her eye at all times, so that she could boom out suggestions for his improvement.
瑪姬姑媽卻正相反，什么時候都要哈利在她眼皮子底下，以便她能提出讓他改進的意見來。
She delighted in comparing Harry with Dudley, and took huge pleasure in buying Dudley expensive presents while glaring at Harry,
她喜歡拿哈利和達力進行比較，她對哈利總是怒目注視，同時給達力買昂貴的禮物，這樣做事她感到極大地愉抉，
as though daring him to ask why he hadn't got a present too.
好像在向他挑戰，看他敢不敢質問為什么他不能得到禮物。
